What works with women offenders / edited by Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor and Chris Trotter.

Cullompton, Devon : Willan Publishing, 2007.

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Female offenders -- Congresses.

Women prisoners -- Congresses.

Female offenders -- Effect of imprisonment on -- Congresses.

Female offenders -- Rehabilitation -- Congresses.

1. The nature of female offending / Gill McIvor --2. The transitional pathways of young female offenders: towards a non-offending lifestyle / Monica Barry --3. Sentencing and gender / Loraine Gelsthorpe --4. Risks and needs: factors that predict women's incarceration and inform service planning / Margaret Severson, Marianne Berry and Judy L. Postmus --5. Responding to drug and alcohol problems: innovations and effectiveness in treatment programmes for women / Margaret Malloch and Nancy Loucks --6. Offending behaviour programmes for women offenders / Sue Pearce --7. Parole and probation / Chris Trotter --8. Responding to mental health needs of women offenders / Jim Ogloff and Christine Tye --9. Responding to the health needs of female offenders / Angela M. Wolf, Fabiana Silva, Kelly E. Knight and Shabnam Javdani --10. Women prisoners and their children / Rosemary Sheehan and Catherine Flynn --11. Barriers to employment, training and education in prison and beyond: a peer-led solution / Caroline O'Keefe, Paul Senior and Valerie Monti-Holland --12. Employment: offending and reintegration / Tracie McPherson --13. Housing and support after prison / Sally Malin --14. What does work for women offenders? / Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor and Chris Trotter.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the issues relating to work with female offenders.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781843922391

xxi, 326 p. :bill. ; 24 cm