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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831050503321

Autore

Blanchette Kelley

Titolo

The assessment and treatment of women offenders [[electronic resource] ] : an integrative perspective / / Kelley Blanchette, Shelley L. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

0-470-71301-1

1-280-44911-X

9786610449118

0-470-86463-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in forensic clinical psychology

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownShelley L (Shelley Lynn)

Disciplina

365.66

365/.66

Soggetti

Female offenders

Female offenders - Rehabilitation

Women prisoners

Feminist criminology

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 (p. [149]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Assessment And Treatment Of Women Offenders; Contents; About the Authors; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Extent and Nature of Female Offending and Incarceration Patterns; 2 Theories of Female Offending; 3 Assessment for Classification of Women Offenders; 4 Assessing Women's Risk; 5 Assessing Women's Needs; 6 Responsivity, Treatment and Women Offenders; 7 Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

There is a large body of research that provides guidance for those working with offenders on how they should be treated once they are in the correctional system. The problem is that most, if not all this research has been conducted on all male populations and it is assumed that women offenders are the same. However, women have different needs and support systems than men in some areas of their lives and it is unclear whether all research based on men can be generalized in this



way. The book provides a review of the research literature to guide evidence-based practice in the assessment and tr