Women who offend  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Gill McIvor. 
 - London :  New York, N.Y. :  J. Kingsley,  c2004. 
 - 302 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Research highlights in social work ;  44 .
 - Research highlights in social work ;  44. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Female offenders--Rehabilitation.<br/>Female offenders.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6046  / .W656 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.3/74