BEVERLY R. FLETCHER is Assistant Professor of Human Relations at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Organization Transformation Theorists and Practitioners (Praeger, 1990).LYNDA DIXON SHAVER is an Assistant Professor in Speech Communication at Indiana University at South Bend. Her work has included Native American women's health issues and organizational consulting and training.DREAMA G. MOON is a doctoral student in the department of Communication at Arizona State University. She is co-founder of the Project for Recidivism Research and Female Inmate Training and serves as co-principal investigator of the project.

• Foreword Preface The Population Introduction The Woman Prisoner Self-esteem and the Woman Prisoner Patterns of Substance Use among Women in Prison Abuse and the Woman Prisoner African American Women in Prison Women on Death Row The Institution Perspectives on Correctional Organizations Attitudes of Correctional Staff The Relationship between Language Culture and Recidivism among Women Offenders Towards an Integrated Theory of Female Criminality and Incarceration Conclusions Bibliography

BEVERLY R. FLETCHER is Assistant Professor of Human Relations at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Organization Transformation Theorists and Practitioners (Praeger, 1990).LYNDA DIXON SHAVER is an Assistant Professor in Speech Communication at Indiana University at South Bend. Her work has included Native American women's health issues and organizational consulting and training.DREAMA G. MOON is a doctoral student in the department of Communication at Arizona State University. She is co-founder of the Project for Recidivism Research and Female Inmate Training and serves as co-principal investigator of the project.

• Foreword Preface The Population Introduction The Woman Prisoner Self-esteem and the Woman Prisoner Patterns of Substance Use among Women in Prison Abuse and the Woman Prisoner African American Women in Prison Women on Death Row The Institution Perspectives on Correctional Organizations Attitudes of Correctional Staff The Relationship between Language Culture and Recidivism among Women Offenders Towards an Integrated Theory of Female Criminality and Incarceration Conclusions Bibliography

BEVERLY R. FLETCHER is Assistant Professor of Human Relations at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Organization Transformation Theorists and Practitioners (Praeger, 1990).LYNDA DIXON SHAVER is an Assistant Professor in Speech Communication at Indiana University at South Bend. Her work has included Native American women's health issues and organizational consulting and training.DREAMA G. MOON is a doctoral student in the department of Communication at Arizona State University. She is co-founder of the Project for Recidivism Research and Female Inmate Training and serves as co-principal investigator of the project.

• Foreword Preface The Population Introduction The Woman Prisoner Self-esteem and the Woman Prisoner Patterns of Substance Use among Women in Prison Abuse and the Woman Prisoner African American Women in Prison Women on Death Row The Institution Perspectives on Correctional Organizations Attitudes of Correctional Staff The Relationship between Language Culture and Recidivism among Women Offenders Towards an Integrated Theory of Female Criminality and Incarceration Conclusions Bibliography