What Some Recent Studies Suggest About the Treatment of Women in Criminal Justice and Correction Systems
Author: Russ Immarigeon.
Source: Volume 20, Number 03, September/October 2016 , pp.33-37(5)
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Abstract:
A number of important articles have recently appeared in academic criminology journals that have looked at how the criminal justice and corrections systems treat women, and why confinement is often an inappropriate response when women offend. Surveyed here are articles focusing on female desistance; correctional treatment of women; women helping women; and post-release reintegration.Keywords: psychological and behavioral process of moving away from criminal activity; Gender-Neutral versus Gender-Informed interventions; self-help programming; women’s success with post-release reintegration
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1: Co-Editor.