1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820393303321

Titolo

Women who offend / / 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828766803321

Autore

Vizenor Gerald Robert <1934->

Titolo

The White Earth nation : ratification of a native democratic constitution / / Gerald Vizenor and Jill Doerfler ; introduction by David E. Wilkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-62909-7

0-8032-4465-7

9786613941541

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (111 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DoerflerJill

Disciplina

323.1197/333

Soggetti

Ojibwa Indians - Legal status, laws, etc

Ojibwa Indians - Politics and government

Ojibwa Indians - Government relations

White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 Sovereignty, Democracy,Constitution; 2 Constitutional Consent; 3 The Constitution of theWhite Earth Nation; 4 A Citizen's Guide to the WhiteEarth Constitution; Bibliography; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The White Earth Nation of Anishinaabeg Natives ratified a new constitution in 2009, the first indigenous democratic constitution, on a reservation in Minnesota. Many Native constitutions were written by the federal government, and with little knowledge of the people and cultures. The White Earth Nation set out to create a constitution that reflected its own culture. The resulting document provides a clear Native perspective on sovereignty, independent governance, traditional leadership values, and the importance of individual and human rights.This volume includes the text of the Cons