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Therapeutic Practices and Strategies for Incarcerated Women

Elder, Michelle N.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306868245

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
This ethnographic study of a rehabilitation program focuses on treatment professionals' strategies for preparing female inmates for release from prison. Prerelease programs in correctional facilities are commonly staffed by counselors and mental health professionals to help prisoners to successfully integrate back into the community. Few studies, however, have focused on how staff persons achieve these goals in the context of a female prison population. Drawing on sociological theories of gender and therapeutic control, my findings demonstrate that program staffers utilize a number of general and gendered strategies to help female prisoners achieve emotional wellness. In addition, I report on a range of other tactics that treatment professionals employ to overcome the structural roadblocks to administering care to prisoners. I conclude that the differences between strategies utilized in the context of a male versus a female facility may differ and demand more sociological attention, and that specific staff tactics ought to be closely examined when determining the effectiveness of rehabilitative programming.
Ursula Castellano (Committee Chair)
Stephen Scanlan (Committee Member)
Leon Anderson (Committee Member)
96 p.
Sociology
Therapeutic Strategies; Therapeutic Practices; Incarcerated Women

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  • Elder, M. N. (2011). Therapeutic Practices and Strategies for Incarcerated Women [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306868245

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Elder, Michelle. Therapeutic Practices and Strategies for Incarcerated Women. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306868245.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Elder, Michelle. "Therapeutic Practices and Strategies for Incarcerated Women." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306868245

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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