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National Symposium on Women Offenders
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National Symposium on Women Offenders
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U.S. Dept. of Justice. Corrections Program Office (Washington, DC)
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U.S. Dept. of Justice. Corrections Program Office (Washington, DC)
Details
Published 1999.
ca. 400 pages.
Related Topics
Children of inmates
(Offender Services)
Female offenders
(Special Offenders)
Inmate mothers
(Offender Services)
Inmate mothers
(Special Offenders)
Victimization
(Justice System)
Women in jails
(Special Offenders)
Women in prisons
(Special Offenders)
Sessions included: building the case -- why focus on women offenders?; women's prison reform -- past, present, future; women's pathways to criminality; effective interventions -- looking at gender responsive programming; creating systems to support women's development (5 breakouts covering employment, health issues, battering, caring for the children, and using the community); women offenders -- Maryland's targeted response; systemwide responses; improving systems' responses (5 breakouts covering working across systems within a state, working across county and local systems, sexual misconduct, what works for women offenders, and restorative justice); and paint a picture of a different future.
Accession Number: 015672
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