The most practical discussion of the rehabilitation of girls and women in conflict with the law in the correctional arena
What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law is the leading examination of evidence-based practice in the field of gender-responsive corrections. Adopting an international and intersectional approach, the distinguished authors seek to collect the best available data and thinking on what works with girls and women and apply it to the real-world problems facing correctional systems today.
As part of its contextual and rich approach to the subject, What Works with girls and women in conflict with the law, covers a broad variety of topics, ranging from theories of female involvement in crime, security classification and risk assessment, evidence-based treatment and supervision approaches, special populations (such as Indigenous women), to legal/policy developments in the field of gender-responsive corrections.
Perfect for students and practitioners in the field of psychology, criminology, social work, criminal justice, and corrections, this is the only reference of its kind to focus on the practical applications of the latest theory.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements viii
Contributors ix
Introduction 1
Shelley L. Brown and Loraine Gelsthorpe
Part I Theories of Female Offending 11
1 Evolution, Evidence, and Impact of the Feminist Pathways Perspective 13
Kristy Holtfreter, Natasha Pusch, and Katelyn A. Golladay
2 Developmental and Life Course Perspectives on Female Offending 24
Alex R. Piquero, Nicole Leeper Piquero, and Chelsey Narvey
3 Extending Learning, Control, and Strain Perspectives to Explain the Gender Gap and Female Offending 34
Lisa Broidy and Megan Nyce
4 Understanding Female Crime and Antisocial Behavior through a Biosocial and Evolutionary Lens 46
Shelley L. Brown and Colleen Robb
Part II Assessment and Security Classification 62
5 Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Review of Risk and Strength Factors 64
Terri Scott, Megan Wagstaff, and Cassandra Conley
6 Assessment, Security Classification and Humane Prison Environments 77
Kelley Blanchette and Renée Gobeil
7 Advances in Female Risk Assessment 89
Linsey Belisle, Jaclyn Parker Keen, Tereza Trejbalová, Bridget Kelly, and Emily J. Salisbury
8 Can “Gender Neutral” Risk Assessment Tools be used with Women and Girls? If so, How? 102
Mark Olver and Keira C. Stockdale
9 Validating Supplementary Needs Assessment Tools for Use with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law 120
Jala Rizeq and Tracey Skilling
Part III Exploring the Meaning of Gender Responsive Tenets 135
10 Defining and Evaluating Gender-Responsive Treatment 137
Patricia Van Voorhis
11 Expanding Opportunities for Justice-Involved Women: Transforming the What and How of Rehabilitation 157
Marilyn Van Dieten
12 Creating a Trauma-Informed Justice System for Women 172
Stephanie Covington
13 Taking Note of Carceral Distance in Family Programs for Incarcerated Women 185
Caroline Lanskey and Molly Biddle
14 Responding to Problem Substance Use: Deconstructing Structures and Politicizing the Personal 203
Maria Fotopoulou and Margaret S. Malloch
Part IV Gender Responsive Models in Practice 215
15 Women, Crime, and Justice in Scotland 217
Gill McIvor
16 A Review of Women-Centered Programming and Research Evidence in the Federal Canadian Context 229
Chantal Allen and Kaitlyn Wardrop
17 Women, Crime and Justice in England and Wales 244
Loraine Gelsthorpe
18 Effective Community Interventions for Justice-Involved Girls and Women in the United States 256
Merry Morash and Kayla M. Hoskins
19 Evidence-Based Community Supervision Models that Work: The Australian Approach 267
Rosemary Sheehan
Part V Working with Special Populations Through a Gender Responsive Lens 281
20 Evidence Based Practices with Justice-Involved Indigenous Girls and Women 283
Leticia Gutierrez and Kayla A. Wanamaker
21 Female Offending During Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood 295
Gilly Sharpe
22 Trauma and Mental Health Among Justice-involved Girls and Women 307
Vivienne de Vogel
23 Personality Disorders and Female Offending 323
Janet I. Warren, Shelly L. Jackson, Elisha R. Agee, Sara B. Millspaugh, and Maihan F. Alam
24 Female Perpetrators of Sexual Offences 342
Samuel T. Hales and Theresa A. Gannon
25 Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence 354
Annette McKeown, Patrick J. Kennedy, and Joanne McGrath
Part VI Legal and Policy Implications 369
26 What Works? Beyond Interventions and Programs 371
Loraine Gelsthrope
27 The Impact of Law and Correctional Policies on Women Incarcerated in the United States 383
Andie Moss and Julie Abbate
28 Successful Resettlement or Setting Women Up to Fail? Policy and Practice for Women Released from Prison in England and Wales 396
Katy Swaine Williams and Jenny Earle
Conclusion 409
Loraine Gelsthorpe and Shelley L. Brown
Index 415
