A gender-responsive treatment facility in correctional services: the development of psychological gymnasium for women offenders

With increasing evidence suggesting a disparity in female and male offenders in terms of rehabilitative needs, growing concern has been placed on the development of gender-specific services for female offenders. As such, a prison-based psychological gymnasium (PSY GYM), with distinctive features in...

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Main Author: Mak, Vivian W.M. (Author)
Contributors: Ho, Samuel M.Y. ; Kwong, Regina W.Y.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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