Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The nature of female offending 2. The transitional pathways of young female offenders: towards a non-offending style 3. Sentencing and gender 4. Risks and needs: factors that predict women's incarceration and inform service planning 5. Responding to drug and alcohol problems:innovations and effectiveness in treatment programmes for women 6. Cognitive behavioral programmes 7. Parole and probation 8. Responding to mental health needs of female offenders 9. Responding to the health and medical needs of female offenders 10. Women prisoners and their children 11. Barriers to employment, training and education in prison and beyond: a peer-led solution 12. Employment:offending and re-intergration 13. Housing and support after prison 14. What does work for women offenders?

About the Author

Rosemary Sheehan is Associate Professor of Health and Mental Health at Monash University. Her published work includes: Magistrates' Decision-Making in Child Protection Cases (2001), and Parents as prisoners: maintaining the parent-child relationship (CRC funded study, 2007). Gill McIvor is Professor of Criminology within the Department of Applied Social Science, Stirling University. Chris Trotter is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Monash University.