| Description |
302 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Research highlights in social work ; 44 |
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Research highlights in social work ; 44.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Female offending: a theoretical overview / Loraine Gelsthorpe -- Breaking the mould: patterns of female offending / Michele Burman -- From 'a safer to a better way': transformations on penal policy for women / Jacqueline Tombs -- Why are more women being sentenced to custody? / Carol Hedderman -- Living with paradox: community supervision of women offenders / Judith Rumgay -- Service with a smile? women and community 'punishment' / Gill McIvor -- Women in prison / Nancy Loucks -- Women's release from prison: the case for change / Christine Wilkinson -- Black women and the criminal justice system / Ruth Chigwada-Bailey -- Risk, dangerousness and female offenders / Hazel Kemshall -- The 'criminogenic' needs of women offenders / Carol Hedderman -- Women, drug use and the criminal justice system / Margaret S. Malloch -- Working with girls and young women / Susan Batchelor and Michele Burman. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Female offenders -- Rehabilitation.
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Female offenders.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McIvor, Gill, 1959-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781846420412 |
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1843101548 (pbk.) |
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