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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Transportation Issues; 3 Physical Health Needs and Treatment for Female Offenders Returning to Society; 4 Mental Health Needs and Treatment; Case Study 4A Female Offenders, Mental Illness, and Recidivism: An Examination of Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Among a Sample of Female Parolees Released to the City of Philadelphia; 5 Women With Substance Use Disorders Reentering the Community; Case Study 5A Women Offenders and Drug Courts: Does Gender Matter?; 6 Reproductive Health Needs and Treatment |
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7 Educational and Vocational Attainment During Reintegration8 Having to Check Yes: The Stigma of a Criminal Record and Other Challenges to Obtaining Meaningful Employment for Released Female Offenders; 9 Centering Women's Reentry With Safe, Secure, and Affordable Housing; 10 Reunification With Family and Children During the Reentry Process; 11 Female Sex Offenders and Reintegration; 12 Making It on the Outside: Reintegration Challenges of Girls and Women of Color; 13 Wrongful Convictions; 14 Future Directions/Best Practices; Case Study 14A Desistance From Crime During Reintegration; Index |
| Summary |
Often, research concerning the female offender is scarce. This book adds to the criminological literature on the topic of reentry for women, focusing on the barriers women face as they return to society and adjust to life after incarceration. Each chapter addresses specific issues, challenges, and obstacles affiliated with the hindrance of successful reentry processes associated with female offenders, as well as data-driven empirical studies. While corrections has often misunderstood or overlooked the needs of returning offenders, the shortcomings of the institutions have a greater impact on women than on their male counterparts, particularly regarding the occurrence of social and medical problems, especially those related to mental health and substance abuse. Female Offenders and Reentry helps criminal justice students and practitioners see the full picture when considering the challenges faced by female offenders reintegrating into society |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Female offenders -- Rehabilitation.
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Social integration.
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Ex-convicts -- Employment.
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Social Integration
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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Ex-convicts -- Employment
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Female offenders -- Rehabilitation
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Social integration
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carter, Lisa M., editor
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Marcum, Catherine Davis, 1980- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315155142 |
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1315155141 |
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9781351651196 |
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1351651196 |
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9781498780339 |
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1498780334 |
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