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Author Ogbonna, Chinyere.

Title Voices from the inside : case studies from a Tennessee women's prison / Chinyere Ogbonna and Ross Nordin.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages)
text file
Note "Foreword by Travis C. Pratt"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Pain killers and addiction -- Peer pressure and addiction -- Escape from abuse and tragedy -- The lure of big money -- Data analysis -- Rehabilitation programs and release preparation -- Classification and procedures -- Drug court -- Discussions and conclusions.
Summary This book takes readers into the cells of a maximum security prison to reveal the personal accounts of over sixty women that are incarcerated for drug crimes. The stories will shock and entertain, and will certainly help readers to see more than the statistics behind drug offenses.
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Subject Female offenders -- Drug use -- Tennessee -- Case studies.
Female offenders -- Drug use.
Tennessee.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Female offenders.
Women prisoners -- Drug use -- Tennessee -- Case studies.
Women prisoners -- Drug use.
Women prisoners.
Women drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Tennessee -- Case studies.
Women drug addicts.
Rehabilitation.
Drug abuse and crime -- Tennessee.
Drug abuse and crime.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Tennessee.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Nordin, Ross A.
Other Form: Print version: Voices from the inside Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2009. 0761848061 (DLC) 2009932206
ISBN 9780761848073 ebook
076184807X
0761848061
9780761848066