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Abstract
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. The authors, coming from a variety of professional and research perspectives, discuss important issues concerning women in the criminal justice system, including:
* the increase in custodial sentences for women
* black women in prison
* patterns of female offending
* drug use and the criminal justice system
* the needs of women on release from prison.
Calling into question the relevance to female offenders of research conducted with men who commit crime, the contributors provide a comprehensive knowledge base on women and crime for professionals who work in this area. With a broad range of contributions, this book will be helpful to probation officers, social workers, policy makers and others who work with female offenders.
This compilation of contributions by researchers and practitioners should be of use to both policy makers and staff... This is an authoritative and thought-provoking resource.
Care and Health Magazine
It provides a detailed discussion on theories of female offending and the impact of community and custodial sentencing.
Community Care
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before you begin ...! | |||
| First open community meeting | |||
| Theme One – Group cooperation | |||
| Session A: Let’s communicate | |||
| Session B: Our perceptions | |||
| Session C: What is love? | |||
| Session D: Our prejudices | |||
| Theme Two – HIV and safer sex | |||
| Session E: HIV | |||
| Session F: Condoms and male circumcision | |||
| Theme Three – Why we behave in the ways we do | |||
| Session G: Our options | |||
| First full workshop meeting | |||
| Session H: Let’s look deeper: | |||
| Part 1 | |||
| Session I: Let’s look deeper: | |||
| Part 2 | |||
| Session J: Let’s support ourselves | |||
| Theme Four – Ways in which we can change | |||
| Session K: Let’s assert ourselves | |||
| Session L: Let’s change ourselves | |||
| Second full workshop meeting | |||
| Session M: Let’s work together | |||
| Session N: Let’s prepare for the future | |||
| Second open community meeting | |||
| Theme Five – Moving forward together | |||
| Session O: What happened next? | |||
| Session P: Nurturing common ground: Promoting care and support amongst partners, families and the wider community | |||
| Session Q: Supporting mothers and their children: Our community’s future in their hands | |||
| Session R: Accepting HIV within the family: Supporting family members who are living with HIV | |||
| Further open community meeting | |||
| Annexes Annex 1: Notes on role plays and tableaux | |||
| Annex 2: Technical notes on using DVD | |||
| Annex 3: Synopsis of DVD Clips |