Women
- Female Victims of Violence [PDF] Bureau of Justice Statistics. September, 2009. "The rate of intimate partner violence against females declined 53% between 1993 and 2008, from 9.4 victimizations per 1,000 females age 12 or older to 4.3 per 1,000. Against males, the rate declined 54%."
- The Nation's Most Punitive States for Women [PDF] National Council on Crime and Delinquency. July, 2007. "This Fact Sheet reports the latest state and national data available for women and girls involved in local and state corrections systems across the nation."
- Women in the Criminal Justice System Briefing Sheets, [PDF] Sentencing Project. May, 2007. "In state prisons in 1998, 23.6% of women were identified as mentally ill, compared to 15.8% of men, while in federal prisons the proportions were 12.5% of women and 7% of men."
- Reducing the Incarceration of Women: Community-Based Alternatives, [PDF] National Council on Crime and Delinquency. December, 2006. "Typically nonviolent low-level offenders, women have been hit particularly hard by California's sentencing and correctional policies and practices."
- When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2004 Homicide Data, [PDF] The Violence Policy Center. September, 2006. "[O]ffers both national and state-by-state statistics from FBI Supplementary Homicide Report data including charts listing the number and rate of female homicides by state and a chart ranking each state by rate."
- World Female Imprisonment List (Women and girls in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners), [PDF] International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College. September, 2006. "More than half a million women and girls are held in penal institutions throughout the world... [a]bout a third of these are in the United States of America."
- A Rallying Cry for Change: Charting a New Direction in the State of Florida's Response to Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, [PDF] National Council on Crime and Delinquency. July, 2006. "Depression, trauma, anger, self-destructive behavior, or other mental health/clinical diagnoses were a factor for 79% of girls in residential and 84% of girls in non-residential programs."
- The Punitiveness Report-Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004, Women's Prison Association - Institute on Women & Criminal Justice. May, 2006.
- The Spiral of Risk: Health Care Provision to Incarcerated Women, [PDF] National Council on Crime and Delinquency. March, 2006. "Female offenders commonly face a wide range of serious health problems.... Their health problems typically predate their involvement in the justice system, are often exacerbated while they are imprisoned, and continue to deteriorate after release."
- Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families, [PDF] ACLU, Break the Chains and Brennan Center. March, 2005.
- Women In Prison In Massachusetts: Maintaining Family Connections, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. March, 2005. (MSWord document)
- Breaking the Barriers for Women on Parole Little Hoover Commission. December, 2004. "At the time of their arrest, half of these women were taking care of their children; two-thirds of those women were single parents."(This report looks at incarceration patterns for women in California and proposes solutions for the problems identified.)
- Double Jeopardy: A Report on Training and Educational Programs for New Hampshire's Female Offenders, [PDF] New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women. December, 2004.
- Hard Data on Hard Times An Empirical Analysis of Maternal Incarceration, Foster Care and Visitation, [PDF] Vera Institute of Justice. August, 2004.
- Custodial Sexual Misconduct Laws: A State-by-State Legislative Review, [Website] Stop Prisoner Rape. July, 2004. (as of 2007 a continually updated resource)
- Findings and Opportunities: Family Violence in Central New Mexico, [PDF] Urban Institute. May, 2004.
- Felony Disenfranchisement Rates for Women [PDF] Sentencing Project. March, 2004.
- Patterns of Criminal Conviction and Incarceration Among Mothers of Children in Foster Care in New York City, [PDF] Vera Institute of Justice. December, 2003.
- There are over 97,000 women in prisons today. They are.... [PDF] Women's Prison Association. December, 2003. (includes comparisons to men)
- The Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in Ohio [PDF] Stop Prisoner Rape. December, 2003.
- Challenges facing women before prison may remain upon release [PDF] Women's Prison Association. October, 2003.
- Research, Practice and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders Gender Responsive Strategies, [PDF] National Institute of Corrections. June, 2003.
- The population of women in prison increases rapidly [PDF] Women's Prison Association. March, 2003.
- Treatment of Incarcerated Women With Substance Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, [PDF] National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). July, 2002.
- Unlocking Options for Women A Survey of Women in Cook County Jail, [PDF] Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. April, 2002.
- Life Sentences: Denying Welfare Benefits to Women Convicted of Drug Offenses, [PDF] Sentencing Project. February, 2002.
- Innocents in Jail: INS Moves Refugee Women from Krome to Turner Guilford Knight CC, Miami, [PDF] Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children. June, 2001. (follow-up to Behind Locked Doors)
- Sexual Victimization of College Women [PDF] Bureau of Justice Statistics. January, 2001.
- Women Offenders [PDF] Bureau of Justice Statistics. December, 2000. "About 2.1 million violent female offenders annually. Most commit simple assaults against other females"
- Abuse of Women in Custody: Sexual Misconduct and Shackling of Pregnant Women, Amnesty International. 2000. (includes a detailed state by state survey)
- Some Days Are Harder Than Hard: Welfare Reform and Women With Drug Convictions in Pennsylvania, [PDF] Center for Law and Social Policy. December, 1999.
- Gender and Justice: Women, Drugs, and Sentencing Policy, [PDF] Sentencing Project. October, 1999.
- Women in Prison: Sexual Misconduct by Correctional Staff, [PDF] General Accounting Office. June, 1999.
- Not Part of My Sentence Violations of the Human Rights of Women in Custody, Amnesty International. March, 1999.
- Nowhere to Hide: Retaliation Against Women in Michigan State Prisons, Human Rights Watch. September, 1998.
- Female Victims of Violent Crime [PDF] Bureau of Justice Statistics. December, 1996.
- All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, Human Rights Watch. December, 1996. (summary and recommendations only)
- Violence Against Women: Estimates from the Redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey, [PDF] Bureau of Justice Statistics. August, 1995.
- Women in Prison [PDF] Bureau of Justice Statistics. March, 1994.
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