Papers by Barbara Owen
Page 1. Barbara E. Bloom, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Criminology and Criminal Justice Son... more Page 1. Barbara E. Bloom, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Criminology and Criminal Justice Sonoma State University ... addresses and responds to their strengths and challenges. (Covington & Bloom) Page 5. More than one million women are currently under criminal justice ...
This study explores the recidivism of female inmates released from state prison through secondary... more This study explores the recidivism of female inmates released from state prison through secondary analysis of data collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics . This BJS study examined the recidivism of prisoners from 15 states released in 1994 by collecting 3-year follow-up data as described in the bulletin, Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994. The present study examines the 23,562 females in this data set, examining their recidivism patterns and exploring the impact of prior criminal history on post-release recidivism. Secondary analysis of this data set found:
v preface preface Women now represent a significant proportion of all offenders under criminal ju... more v preface preface Women now represent a significant proportion of all offenders under criminal justice supervision. Numbering more than 1 million in 2001, female offenders make up 17 percent of all offenders under some form of correctional sanction. This report summarizes current knowledge on the characteristics of women in correctional settings, the ways in which gender makes a difference in current criminal justice practice, and multidisciplinary research and theory on women's lives that have implications for managing women in the criminal justice system. It concludes by offering guiding principles and strategies for improving the system's response to women offenders.
Barbara Owen's new book, 'In the Mix': Struggle and Survival in a Women's Prison, is a timely and... more Barbara Owen's new book, 'In the Mix': Struggle and Survival in a Women's Prison, is a timely and welcome addition to the recent attention given to incarcerated women (see references). The general public, and probably many criminology students, are unaware that almost everything bad about males' incarceration is worse for females. For example, the rate of incarceration is increasing at an even faster rate for females than the break-neck rate for males, the war on drugs has been more of a war on women than men, the rate of incarcerating people of color is even more disproportionate in women's than men's prisons, and the medical, vocational, and educational programming for incarcerated women is far inferior to that of their male counterparts. Thus, the recent surge in books on female offenders is necessary, to say the least. In addition to the increase in the numbers of books on women in prison, an important aspect of these books (listed in the references) is that they are guided by a feminist perspective: giving voice to women's and girls' experiences and accounting for the diversity among female offenders.
Prisons have long been used to respond to female criminal behavior with little thought to the uni... more Prisons have long been used to respond to female criminal behavior with little thought to the unintended consequences for women, their children and the community. Since prisons for women have been modeled after those designed for their -louder and bigger brothers‖, they damage women incommensurate with the level of threat they present to society. 1 Women have long been invisible in conventional studies of the criminal justice system and in the literature of the prison. 2 As the numbers of women imprisoned in contemporary America attain unimagined size, these issues require an investigation through a gendered lens.
Crime & Delinquency, 1985
This article describes changes in the traditional guard cultures, which have resulted through Aff... more This article describes changes in the traditional guard cultures, which have resulted through Affirmative Action requirements of the State. These changes have given new meanings to traditional competition and divisions among the workers. Racial conflicts often parallel those within the prisoner culture. Gender conflicts reflect a conservative bias found in other blue collar occupations. These conflicts shape a new culture
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