1. See: Christopher J. Mumola and Llen J. Beck, “Prisoners in 1996,” Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, NCJ 164619 (June 1997); and L. W. Flanagan, “Meeting the Special Needs of Females in Custody: Maryland’s Unique Approach,” Federal Probation 59 (1995): 49–53.
2. See: C. Smart, Women, Crime and Criminology: A Feminist Critique (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976)
3. J. Belknap, The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, And Justice (Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1996)
4. S. Kline, Female Offenders: Meeting the Needs of a Neglected Population (Laurel, Md.: American Correctional Association, 1993), 1–6.
5. D. Binkley-Jackson, V. L. Carter, and G. L. Rolison, “African-American Women in Prison,” in B. R. Fletcher, L. D. Shaver, and D. B. Moon, eds., Women Prisoners: A Forgotten Population (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1993), 65–74