RT Article
T1 Designing Programming and Interventions for Women in the Criminal Justice System
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 38
IS 1
SP 27
OP 50
A1 Hall, Martin T.
A2 Golder, Seana
A2 Conley, Cynthia L.
A2 Sawning, Susan
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764275187
AB Women are the fastest growing segment of the criminal justice population, yet the majority of research on criminal justice populations has been focused on men. Programming and interventions that reduce women’s involvement in the criminal justice system and ameliorate the negative consequences associated with criminal justice involvement are urgently needed. The overall aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive framework for developing evidence-based, gender-specific programming and interventions to reduce criminal justice involvement and its associated consequences among women in the criminal justice system. The first section of the paper offers a conceptually guided review of the three primary factors that facilitate and complicate women’s involvement in the criminal justice system: victimization; mental disorders; and substance use. In the second section of the paper, findings from focus groups conducted with women on probation or parole identify strategies to engage this population in psychosocial interventions. The third and final section of the paper provides comprehensive recommendations for designing programming and interventions for women in the criminal justice system.
K1 Mental Disorders
K1 Victimization
K1 Substance Use
K1 Intervention design
K1 Programming
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 Women
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9158-2