Economic Impediments to Women's Success on Parole: "We Need Someone on Our Side"

In: The prison journal: the official publication of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Band 94, Heft 3, S. 365-387

Abstract

The number of women under community supervision has increased in recent years. However, empirical research on women parolees' experiences is quite limited. Women parolees are faced with daunting challenges that may impede their success on parole. Using face-to-face interviews with 60 women parolees in a Southern state, this qualitative study examined the perceived barriers to women's success on parole. Women parolees identified economic variables as critical barriers to their parole adjustment.