Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

social science subjects > sociology > crime and deviance > prisons > women's prisons
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > crime and deviance > prisons > women's prisons
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > politics, power, and war > social control > formal social control > prisons > women's prisons
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > politics and law > social control > formal social control > prisons > women's prisons
... > social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > types of organization > custodial institutions > prisons > women's prisons
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > instrumental communities > prisons > women's prisons
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > prisons and correctional facilities > penal systems > women's prisons

Preferred term

women's prisons  

Definition

  • Since the 19th century, women offenders in the United States have been held in separate women's facilities. These institutions have always been shaped by ideas of gender as well as by the pathways that lead women to them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Women's Prisons]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T32WK7LL-2

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD