Working with female offenders : a gender-sensitive approach /

"Taking into account the special needs of girls and women within a system designed by men for male offenders, Working with Female Offenders offers counselors, correctional officers, lawyers, probation officers - in short, anyone who works in some capacity with female offenders - an evidence-bas...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Van Wormer, Katherine S.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2010.
Sujets:
Women prisoners > United States.
Women prisoners > Counseling of > United States.
Female offenders > United States.
Prisonnières > États-Unis.
Prisonnières > Counseling > États-Unis.
Criminelles > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Female offenders
Women prisoners
Women prisoners > Counseling of
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • A gendered approach
  • Traditional and gender-sensitive treatment for delinquent girls
  • The nature of women's crime
  • Women in prison
  • Gender-sensitive programming within institutional settings
  • Counseling the female offender
  • Teaching life skills and promoting healing
  • Epilogue.

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