What Works With Women Offenders

Informationen zum Autor Rosemary Sheehan is Associate Professor of Health and Mental Health at Monash University. Her published work includes: Magistrates' Decision-Making in Child Protection Cases (2001), and Parents as prisoners: maintaining the parent-child relationship (CRC funded study, 2007). Gill McIvor is Professor of Criminology within the Department of Applied Social Science, Stirling University. Chris Trotter is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Monash University. Klappentext Provides a comprehensive analysis of issues relating to work with women offenders. This book takes an international focus! to make it relevant to academics and practitioners who work in this field around the world.. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive analysis of issues relating to work with women offenders. This book takes an international focus, to make it relevant to academics and practitioners who work in this field around the world.. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The nature of female offending 2. The transitional pathways of young female offenders: towards a non-offending style 3. Sentencing and gender 4. Risks and needs: factors that predict women's incarceration and inform service planning 5. Responding to drug and alcohol problems:innovations and effectiveness in treatment programmes for women 6. Cognitive behavioral programmes 7. Parole and probation 8. Responding to mental health needs of female offenders 9. Responding to the health and medical needs of female offenders 10. Women prisoners and their children 11. Barriers to employment, training and education in prison and beyond: a peer-led solution 12. Employment:offending and re-intergration 13. Housing and support after prison 14. What does work for women offenders?

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary (Monash University Sheehan, Rosemary Mcivor Sheehan, SHEEHAN ROSEMARY MCIVOR GILL TRO
• Assisted by: Gill McIvor (Editor), Gill (University of Stirling McIvor (Editor), McIvor Gill (Editor), Rosemary Sheehan (Editor), Rosemary (Monash University Sheehan (Editor), Sheehan Rosemary (Editor), Chris Trotter (Editor), Chris (Monash University Trotter (Editor), Trotter Chris (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2007
• EAN: 9781843922407
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-240-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Social issues & processes, Gender studies, gender groups, Social and ethical issues, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law