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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"women offenders"”.
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Women offenders' narratives of violent crime
… by examining the subjective accounts of women incarcerated for violent crime. By locating itself within a postructuralist framework, this study investigated the meaning which women attributed to their perpetration. It examined the identities which women posited and analysed how they …
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Defining the needs of women offenders.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1973. M.C.P.
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KORYDULLO: A STUDY OF A GREEK PRISON FOR WOMEN OFFENDERS
… to explore the structure of a Greek prison for women offenders.</p><p>The data for this study were gathered over a period of approximately one year at Korydullo, the only prison for women offenders in Greece. In the tradition of field research, a combination of methods and techniques were used …
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Toward an integrated explanation of female criminality: the deprivation-compensation model
… In this research, I focus exclusively on women offenders. A two-part questionnaire was administered to 112 women inmates at three state correctional facilities located in Illinois. A personal history inventory provided basic demographic and crime-related information. Part two was comprised …
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GENDER-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING: MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF WOMEN IN REENTRY
… exponential increase in the annual number of women released from prison in the United States underscores the imperative need for holistic, fully integrated gender-responsive reentry services. The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the unique contributions of paraprofessional …
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Representation and Regulation: A Critical Analysis of the Woman in Jail
Abstract Women make up approximately 11% of the total number of incarcerated adults in provincial jails across Canada. While overall crime rates are declining, incarceration rates, particularly at the provincial level, and for women, are growing. Examination of the literature on the experiences of …
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Media, politics and penal reform: the problem of women's imprisonment
… still concerned with those campaigning to reform women’s penal policy. Investigating the under-researched interrelationship between the women’s penal reform network, journalists, and policymakers at the crime-media nexus, this interdisciplinary study examines campaign strategies for women and how …
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The dynamics of female offending: case studies in Scotland.
… (largely based on biological views of women) and modem studies, many of which are based on research on male offenders. It is shown that these theories cannot adequately account for female offending. This part of the thesis goes on to bring together individual and situational factors …
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A qualitative study of women perpetrators of domestic violence: comparison with literature on men perpetrators of domestic violence
… between male and female domestic violence offenders. An overview of the literature includes a discussion of the controversies surrounding the prevalence of female domestic violence offenses, and a discussion of theories of the underlying causes of domestic violence offenses, and a …
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Investigating sex differences in, and predictors of, violent and nonviolent offending behaviour
… violent and nonviolent crime. Study 1 assessed women’s violent and nonviolent offending, using data from two online student samples (men and women: n = 344), reporting on being (1) a perpetrator and witness (women), or (2) being a victim and witness (men). A comprehensive measure of general …
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Women's Experiences of Rage towards their Intimate Partners: Diverse Voices within the Criminal Justice System
A multi-method study investigating incarcerated women’s experiences of rage towards their intimate partners was conducted. The sample was drawn from a Philadelphia prison's recovery unit for women. Phenomenological and feminist critical theory perspectives guided the study; these combined …
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Prisoner reentry and reintegration : perspectives of the women involved in Outcare's St John of God Women's Program
… by the increasing imprisonment rates among women, more remains to be learnt about the specific experiences and needs of female prisoners, especially from an Australian perspective. Recognising the need to address the paucity of Australian-based female-specific knowledge, this study explores …