Thesis
Letting the women play, too: a feminist analysis of existing state correctional recreation policies
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100140
Abstract
The recognition that female prison inmates possess experiences and treatment needs that differ from their male counterparts is a growing area in criminal justice research. Research regarding gender-specific or responsive policies and programs illustrates the importance of reflecting these needs in our treatment of female inmates. The purpose of this study is to expand on this research by analyzing correctional recreation policies through a feminist lens. Using a hermeneutic approach, the analysis implements a critical feminist perspective to analyze the content of a sample of state correctional recreation policies. From a sample frame of 30 states, 17 responses were received with a usable sample of 14 policies that reflect a variety of geographic regions and female population sizes. Four categories for coding were formed a priori, with one additional category added and one removed to form the following four coding categories: Program Philosophy, Program Content, Program Personnel, and Program Facilities and Resources. Within these categories, eighteen total sub-units were developed and coded for within the policies. Frequency analysis was used to determine which sub-units appeared across the most policies. These sub-units were then analyzed for their inclusion of gender-specific programming principles. Recommendations were made for the inclusion of additional gender-specific policy elements in order to create an overall gender-specific correctional recreation policy for female inmates.
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Details
- Title
- Letting the women play, too
- Creators
- Amy Noel Cole
- Contributors
- John Chi-Kit Wong (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900524884301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis