Women and Criminal Justice: From the Corston Report to Transforming Rehabilitation
Jo Brayford and John Deering
Abstract
This book focuses on developments since the publication in 2007 of the Corston Report into women and criminal justice. While some of its recommendations were accepted by government, actual policy has restricted the scale and scope of change. This book explores developments since Corston, as well as possible future directions resulting from the Coalition Government’s ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ plans. This timely analysis engages with wide-ranging considerations for policy-makers, providers and practitioners of services and interventions for women who offend, and questions whether women shoul ... More
This book focuses on developments since the publication in 2007 of the Corston Report into women and criminal justice. While some of its recommendations were accepted by government, actual policy has restricted the scale and scope of change. This book explores developments since Corston, as well as possible future directions resulting from the Coalition Government’s ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ plans. This timely analysis engages with wide-ranging considerations for policy-makers, providers and practitioners of services and interventions for women who offend, and questions whether women should be treated differently in the criminal justice system.
Keywords:
women,
women offenders,
corston,
transforming rehabilitation,
prison,
probation,
interventions
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781447319306 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: May 2016 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447319306.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Jo Brayford, editor
University of South Wales
John Deering, editor
University of South Wales
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