Female offenders and risk assessment : hidden in plain sight / Janet T. Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Janet (Janet T.)

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female offenders--Rehabilitation.

Female offenders.

Recidivism.

Corrections--United States.

Corrections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the wake of an exploding incarceration rate, correctional facilities have struggled to address issues of "need for treatment." The criminal justice system has begun using self-report-based screening methodologies to collect diagnostic information in place of clinicians. Crawley analyzes data on recently incarcerated prisoners producing significant efficacy findings, indicating strong support for this methodology, and providing insights regarding individual and case-level variables. Thus, advancing policies for triaging "need for treatment" in criminal justice populations by providing practi

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Female Offenders and Management Responses; Hidden in Plain Sight; How Gender Matters; Challenging the Past: Gender Matters & Feminist Epistemology; Misunderstanding to 'Benign Neglect'; Correctional Growth and Risk/Need Assessment Instruments; Conclusion; Chapter 2: A Brief History of Risk Management & Gender; Correctional Growth and the Use of Actuarial Risk/Need Instruments; Calculating Risk - A General Overview; The Evolution of Actuarial Risk/Need Instruments in Criminal Justice

Gender Matters in the Usage of Third Generation Risk/Need Instruments Current Gender-Relevant LSI-R & Risk/Need Instrument Research; Implications of the LSI-R for the Female Offender; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Making Gender Count:Measuring the Impact of Gender in Risk & Need Instruments; Introduction; Counting Within a Feminist Framework; Gendered Risk & Need Research: Gaining Momentum; Framework for the Current Study; Conclusion; Chapter 4: 'Counting' Out of Context; Counting Differences in Risks and Needs; Making it in the Community: Recidivism Rates; LSI-R Domain and Factor Differences

Correlation with Outcome Survival Analyses; Kaplan-Meier Analyses of LSI-R Risk Categories and Domains,by Gender; Over- and Under-Classification by Gender; Conclusion; Chapter 5: 'Counting' in Context - Exploring Risk Through a Gendered Lens; Introduction: Risk through a Gendered Lens; Offender Views on Categories Related to LSI-R Domains; What's Left Out of the LSI-R -Histories of Victimization, Health Problems, and Other; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Re-Considering Female Offenders - Context Matters; Introduction: Gender Matters; Cause, Correlation, and Context in Risk/Need Assessments

Moving Forward with Risk/Need Instruments Future Development and Research; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index.

ISBN:

9781593325497

1593325495

OCLC:

773565171