Working with female offenders : a gender-sensitive approach / / Katherine van Wormer
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| Autore: |
Van Wormer Katherine S
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| Titolo: |
Working with female offenders : a gender-sensitive approach / / Katherine van Wormer
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 365/.660820973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women prisoners - United States |
| Women prisoners - Counseling of - United States | |
| Female offenders - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A gendered approach -- Traditional and gender-sensitive treatment for delinquent girls -- The nature of women's crime -- Women in prison -- Gender-sensitive programming within institutional settings -- Counseling the female offender -- Teaching life skills and promoting healing. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Praise for Working with Female Offenders ""Encyclopedic in scope and full of very relevant work drawn from the fields of biology, psychology, criminology, and corrections, this book is a must-read for those working with girl and women offenders.""-Meda Chesney-Lind, Professor, Women's Studies University of Hawaii at Manoa ""In this timely and thoughtful book, van Wormer provides a gender-sensitive lens through which the reader can examine pathways to female criminality, a global perspective on female crime and punishment, and innovative treatment approaches. This b |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Working with female offenders |
| ISBN: | 1-118-01213-5 |
| 1-282-88463-8 | |
| 9786612884634 | |
| 1-118-26558-0 | |
| 1-118-01211-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812047103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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