Risk assessment of recidivism of violent and sexual female offenders.(New...

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Although female offenders are small in numbers compared...criminogenic needs and rehabilitation of female offenders. The New Zealand Department of...assessment of violent and sexual female offenders in particular, This article presents...

Criminal recidivism of female offenders: the importance of structured,...

Corrections Compendium;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......that the total number of incarcerated female offenders increased by 57 percent between 1995...Harrison, 2007). This increase in female offenders and inmates is being accompanied by...dataset, the recidivism rate among female offenders was 23.3 percent after six months...

Snapshots: holistic images of female offenders in the criminal justice...

Fordham Urban Law Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Currently, the number of female offenders continues to increase while the overall...dramatic upswing in the number of female offenders has caused a wide variety of scholars...studies have been conducted regarding female offenders. Additionally, the study of the ...

The role of gender in a structured sentencing system: equal treatment,...

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology;  June 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Historically, female offenders have been at the margins of the criminal...not reflect a lack of interest in female offenders, but rather the empirical fact that...discretion, they systematically favor female offenders over similarly situated male offenders...

`SYSTEM BROKEN' FOR FEMALES IN JAIL IN WORLD DESIGNED FOR MEN, TOO FEW...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 6, 2003 ;     634 words ......hung over from booze. Some of the female offenders are hysterical: Where are my kids...officers inside don't want to work with female offenders. They say the women are more difficult...officers. But studies also indicate female offenders come into the system with different...

FEMALE OFFENDERS.(services and rules for women prisoners)(Statistical Data...

Corrections Compendium;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......CSC). The average cost to maintain female offenders in the 45 U.S. jurisdictions is 869...for males. Population and Housing Female offenders in the United States are primarily...507 in triple cells. The majority of female offenders reside in dormitories (29,701). Four-person-...

Breaking the cycle

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  May 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ......a state movement to change the way female offenders are treated. "The female offender...contact and manipulative behavior of female offenders, Tsuji said. But little attention...factor for more than 95 percent of female offenders, coupled with poverty and social factors...

MISSISSIPPI MODEL PLAN AIDS FEMALE OFFENDERS

Crime Control Digest;  November 21, 2003 ;     263 words ......pilot project to determine treatments that work best for female offenders with most of the energy devoted to juveniles and first...officials with the Mississippi Department of Youth Services. Female offenders usually have low self-esteem so programs that build confidence...

WA: New survey on female offenders

AAP General News (Australia);  July 7, 2002 ;     114 words ...00-00-0000 WA: New survey on female offenders A survey shows nearly all women prisoners in Western...general JIM MCGINTY says the statistic in the Profile of Female Offenders report reinforces the government's view that prison isn...

Counseling female offenders who abuse substances

TCA Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......criminal justice facilities, particularly female offenders. Many of the female offenders are arrested for charges involving substance...criminal justice facilities, particularly female offenders. Much of this increase can be attributed...

Government launches first ever National service framework for female...

M2 Presswire;  May 30, 2008 ;     490 words ......ever National service framework for female offenders(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...strategy for delivering services to female offenders. The National Service Framework for...for addressing the specific needs of female offenders and represents a significant step...

US DEPT OF JUSTICE: About 2.1 million violent female of offenders annually...

M2 Presswire;  December 6, 1999 ;     600 words ......JUSTICE: About 2.1 million violent female offenders annually - - most commit simple assaults...There are nearly 2.1 million violent female offenders (or about 14 percent of all violent...women. Two-thirds of these violent female offenders had a prior relationship with their...

YOUNG FEMALE OFFENDERS NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 6, 1994 ;     357 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 04-06-1994 YOUNG FEMALE OFFENDERS NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION Date: 04-06-19...few residential facilities for young female offenders is in such poor shape that the state...permanently close the only prison for young female offenders, in the Lloyd McCorkle Training ...

Locking girls up in adult cells unlawful

The Independent - London;  August 20, 1997 ;     434 words ...Locking up young female offenders with adult women criminals...officials to find new places for female offenders aged under 21. The ruling is...policy under which all young female offenders are sent automatically to one...

OKLAHOMA SEEKS OPTION FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS

Narcotics Enforcement & Prevention Digest;  January 19, 2004 ;     221 words ......has begun to explore options other than incarceration for female offenders after a legislative report concluded that most shouldn...A legislative task force concluded that 75 percent of female offenders would be better served outside adult and juvenile facilities...