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

• Pubblicazione: London, : New York, N.Y., : J. Kingsley, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.3/74
• Soggetto topico: Female offenders - Rehabilitation; Female offenders
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: McIvorGill <1959->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women who offend
• ISBN: 1-280-26716-X; 9786610267163; 1-84642-041-5; 1-4237-1011-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450264103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research highlights in social work ; ; 44.