Women and Criminal Justice : : From the Corston Report to Transforming Rehabilitation / / ed. by Jill Annison, Jo Brayford, John Deering.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015
• MitwirkendeR: Annison, Jill,; Asher, Kate,; Birkett, Gemma,; Brayford, Jo,; Buck, Gillian,; Burman, Michele,; Corcoran, Mary,; Deering, John,; Dockley, Anita,; Feilzer, Martina,; Gelsthorpe, Loraine,; Hageman, Alma,; Malloch, Margaret,; McIvor, Gill,; Plechowicz, Leeanne,; Shepherd, Becky,; Stevens, Alisa,; Trebilcock, Julie,; Williams, Kate,; Worrall, Anne,; Wright, Serena,
• HerausgeberIn: Annison, Jill,; Brayford, Jo,; Deering, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

This insightful book focuses on developments since the publication in 2007 of the Corston Report into women and criminal justice. While some of its recommendations were accepted by government, actual policy has restricted the scale and scope of change. The challenges of working with women in the current climate of change and uncertainty are also explored, seeking to translate lessons from good practice to policy development and recommending future directions resulting from the coalition government’s Transforming Rehabilitation plans. This timely analysis engages with wide-ranging considerations for policy makers, providers and practitioners of services and interventions for women who offend, and questions whether women should be treated differently in the criminal justice system.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on the contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Corston and beyond -- Context -- Transforming Rehabilitation: implications for women -- The context: women as lawbreakers -- A comparison: criminalized women in Scotland -- Reviews of current practice -- Probation practice with women offenders in Wales -- Youth justice practice with girls -- Women’s centres -- Older women prisoners and The Rubies project -- Gendered dynamics of mentoring -- ‘Serious therapy’ for serious female offenders: the democratic therapeutic community at HMP Send -- Towards best practice -- Breaking the cycle for women through equality not difference -- ‘A very high price to pay?’ Transforming Rehabilitation and short prison sentences for women -- The role of the media in women’s penal reform1 -- Conclusions -- Index