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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450264103321

Titolo

Women who offend [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gill McIvor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-280-26716-X

9786610267163

1-84642-041-5

1-4237-1011-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Research highlights in social work ; ; 44

Altri autori (Persone)

McIvorGill <1959->

Disciplina

364.3/74

Soggetti

Female offenders - Rehabilitation

Female offenders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.