Beschreibung:
Based on extensive Australian research, this book considers how women manage their correctional obligations and re-settle in the community after prison and considers the style of services which are most effective in reducing recidivism.
Introduction, 1. Women after prison: Female crime, custody and community, 2. Policy developments in Victoria: The Better Pathways strategy, 3. The transition from prison to community: Evaluating the Better Pathways strategy, 4. After prison: Adapting to community life, 5. Services and programmes: Sustaining the transition to community, 6. Culture and ethnicity: Life after prison for Indigenous and culturally diverse women, 7. After prison: Return to reoffending, 8. Women's voices: Women's experiences, 9. Women in the justice system: Maintaining desistance, References