To examine whether, and if so how, male-based theories of desistance also apply to female
offenders, this article reviews 44 studies on female desistance. Where available, gender …

Justice-involved individuals with substance use problems have heightened risk of relapse
and recidivism after release from incarceration, making reentry a critical time to provide …

This article argues that Canadian and many international discussions of gender responsive
(GR) penality have substituted male normative criteria with a 'female norm'without much …

Girls and women represent a minority of forensic mental health and prison populations.
However, studies worldwide suggest that there has been a steady increase in the number of …

This study examines 122 ex-offenders who participated in Project Re-Connect, a 6-month,
voluntary, prisoner-reentry program for inmates who served their maximum prison sentence …

Barriers to successful reentry have long been identified as impeding an offender's ability to
successfully reenter society upon release from incarceration. As a result, research has long …

As higher numbers of individuals are released from prison and rejoin society, reentry
programs can help former offenders reintegrate into society without continuing to engage in …

Praise for Working with Female Offenders" Encyclopedic in scope and full of very relevant
work drawn from the fields of biology, psychology, criminology, and corrections, this book is …

Objectives: Positive social support is critically important to postprison well-being outcomes.
However, researchers and program developers are still trying to understand how to best …

This study examines predictors of recidivism over 3 years for 624 women released from a
county jail using a comprehensive range of standardized measures derived from gender …