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Guidelines for Adopting Gender-Responsive Policies in Women’s Corrections: Gender Matters  


Author:  Martin  La Barbera.; Jennifer  Felix.


Source: Volume 13, Number 02, July/August 2009 , pp.19-23(5)




Offender Programs Report

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Abstract: 

This is the first of two companion articles. A goal for this article is to provide a primer that collects and simplifies the salient issues that guide the design or operation of gender-responsive programming for female offenders. The second companion article is titled “Gender- Responsive Practices, Treatment for Women in Prison,” (La Barbera & Felix, 2009).

Keywords: gender-responsive policies

Affiliations:  1: Corrections Research Institute; 2: Texas Department of State Health Services.

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