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Women on probation and parole : a feminist critique of community programs & services / Merry Morash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morash, Merry, 1946-
- Series:
- Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.
- The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female offenders.
- Crime--Sex differences.
- Crime.
- Women drug addicts--Rehabilitation.
- Women drug addicts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first in-depth comparative look at gender-responsive versus traditional probation and parole for women
- Contents:
- Introduction : research purposes and design
- The women on probation and parole
- Dominant crimes
- Women's characteristics by dominant crime subgroup
- Outcomes in the two counties
- Drug users who fail
- Supervision for women using drugs but not failing
- Positive changes for substance-centered women
- Keeping women off drugs
- Supervision for women without drug problems
- Conclusion : key findings and implications.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-66104-3
- 9786612661044
- 1-55553-733-2
- OCLC:
- 649914520
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