Working with Women Offenders in the Community

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Rosemary Sheehan (Monash University, Australia) Gill McIvor (University of Stirling, UK)

Working with Women Offenders in the Community

Rosemary Sheehan (Monash University, Australia), Gill McIvor (University of Stirling, UK), Chris Trotter (Monash University, Australia)

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Willan Publishing
15 December 2010

Social issues & processes; Gender studies: women; Sociology; Crime & criminology; Probation services; Criminal justice law

Though many more women offenders are supervised in the community than in custody, much less is known about their needs and effective approaches to their supervision, support and treatment. Whilst there has been recent attention paid to responding to the needs of women in prison, negligible attention has been paid to women exiting prison, or on community based orders, and what is needed to work with them to reduce re-offending or entry into prison.

Contributions to this book challenge policy-makers and corrections systems to concentrate more on community provision for women offenders and resist popular calls for more punitive responses to all offenders, women included. Contributors come from a wide range of countries including Australia, Canada, UK and USA. They argue that the criminogenic lens applied to women’s offending must be gender-responsive if systems are to be successful at addressing the disadvantage and risk associated with offending behaviour.

Working With Women Offenders in the Community builds on ideas presented in the editors’ previous book, What Works With Women Offenders (2007), extending the focus particularly on women offenders in the community rather than in prison. This book concentrates on women who have committed criminal offences and who may have been placed on probation or other community based court orders or who have been released from prison on parole. It discusses the work done by professional workers including probation officers, community corrections officers and specialist case managers in areas such as drug treatment, housing, mental health or employment programmes.

This book will be of interest to professional probation officers, case managers, drug treatment workers and others who work with women offenders. It will also be essential reading for students of criminology, social work, psychology, sociology and other disciplines who have an interest in women offenders.

Edited by: Rosemary Sheehan (Monash University Australia), Gill McIvor (University of Stirling, UK), Chris Trotter (Monash University, Australia)
Imprint: Willan Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9781843928874
ISBN 10: 1843928876
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 15 December 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Female Offenders in the Community: The Context of Female Crime 2. Policy Developments in England and Wales 3. Policy Developments in the USA 4. Policy Developments in Australia 5. Coercion and Women Offenders 6. Victimisation and Governance: Gender-Responsive Discourses and Correctional Practice 7. Working with Women Offenders in the Community: A View from England and Wales 8. Beyond Youth Justice: Working with Girls and Young Women who Offend 9. Breaking the Cycle: Addressing Cultural Difference in Rehabilitation Programs 10. Women, Drugs and Community Interventions 11. Managing Risk in the Community: How Gender Matters 12. Who Cares? Fostering Networks and Relationships in Prison and Beyond 13. Mentoring 14. Community Mentoring in the United States: An Evaluation of the Rhode Island Women's Mentoring Program 15. Maintaining and Restoring Family for Women Prisoners and their Children 16. Connecting to the Community: A Case Study in Women's Resettlement Needs and Experiences 17. Working with Women Offenders in the Community: What Works?

Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor, Chris Trotter