Women who offend

McIvor, Gill, 1959- (Added Author).

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. The authors, coming from a variety of professional and research perspectives, discuss important issues concerning women in the criminal justice system, including: the increase in custodial sentences for women; black women in prison; patterns of female offending; drug use and the criminal justice system; the needs of women on release from prison.

Record details

ISBN: 9781280267161
ISBN: 128026716X
ISBN: 1843101548
ISBN: 9781843101543
ISBN: 9781846420412
ISBN: 1846420415
ISBN: 9781423710110
ISBN: 1423710118
Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: London : New York, N.Y. : J. Kingsley, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.