Very little is known about how women’s experiences with inclusion or exclusion shape their entry into community after they have been incarcerated.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Revisiting the Special Sensitivity Hypothesis: The Prison Experience of White-Collar Inmates (2012) · doi

  Although empirical evidence is lacking, a widespread view has prevailed that white-collar offenders have a “special sensitivity” to imprisonment—that they experience more pains and cope less well within the society of captives.

  Keywords: empirical evidence lacking widespread view prevailed white collar offenders special sensitivity imprisonment experience pains cope
• Revisiting the Special Sensitivity Hypothesis: The Prison Experience of White-Collar Inmates (2012) · doi

  Despite recent increases in the use of incarceration for white-collar offenders, little is known about the prison experiences of these individuals or how they adjust to imprisonment.

  Keywords: despite recent increases incarceration white collar offenders little known prison experiences individuals adjust imprisonment
• Women in Prison: Approaches to Understanding the Lives of a Forgotten Population (1998) · doi

  Relatively little is known about this population, and virtually nothing is known about the distinct experiences of African American, Hispanic, and White women in prison.

  Keywords: known relatively little population virtually nothing distinct experiences african american hispanic white women prison
• Rethinking Community Within the Context of Social Inclusion as Social Justice: Implications for Women After Federal Incarceration (2014) · doi

  Very little is known about how women’s experiences with inclusion or exclusion shape their entry into community after they have been incarcerated.

  Keywords: little known women experiences inclusion exclusion shape entry community incarcerated