Women who offend / edited by Gill McIvor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McIvor, Gill, 1959-

Series:

Research highlights in social work ; 44.

Research highlights in social work ; 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female offenders--Rehabilitation.

Female offenders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : New York, N.Y. : J. Kingsley, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting research that will underpin effective practice with women who offend, this unique and thought-provoking text aims to help professionals meet the needs of this group as well as providing a theoretical resource for policy makers and academics.

Contents:

Female offending: a theoretical overview / Loraine Gelsthorpe

Breaking the mould: patterns of female offending / Michele Burman

From 'a safer to a better way': transformations on penal policy for women / Jacqueline Tombs

Why are more women being sentenced to custody? / Carol Hedderman

Living with paradox: community supervision of women offenders / Judith Rumgay

Service with a smile? women and community 'punishment' / Gill McIvor

Women in prison / Nancy Loucks

Women's release from prison: the case for change / Christine Wilkinson

Black women and the criminal justice system / Ruth Chigwada-Bailey

Risk, dangerousness and female offenders / Hazel Kemshall

The 'criminogenic' needs of women offenders / Carol Hedderman

Women, drug use and the criminal justice system / Margaret S. Malloch

Working with girls and young women / Susan Batchelor and Michele Burman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610267163

9781280267161

128026716X

9781846420412

1846420415

9781423710110

1423710118

OCLC:

567971056