Résumé
This text is an overview of women and the Canadian criminal justice system, in all its aspects. The wealth of content includes everything from an accessible overview of essential theory, to practical challenges such as mental health issues and community reintegration, to an examination of women's roles and careers in the field of criminal justice.
Contenu
1. The Canadian criminal justice system and women offenders / Jane Barker. -- 2. Female crime: theoretical perspectives / Walter DeKeseredy. -- 3. A "typical" female offender / Jane Barker. -- 4. Background experiences of women offenders / Jane Barker. -- 5. Coping strategies of women offenders / Jane Barker. -- 6. Correctional assessment and treatment: toward community reintegration / Jill L. Atkinson & Jean Folsom. -- 7. Violence and women offenders / Franca Cortoni. -- 8. Women offenders and mental health / Jean Folsom. -- 9. Female youth in conflict with the law / Shahid Alvi. -- 10. Aboriginal women and the criminal justice system / Brenda M. Restoule. -- 11. Visible minority women as offenders and victims / Shahid Alvi. -- 12. Girls and women as victims of crime / Walter DeKeseredy. -- 13. Women's work? Feminization and the future of police work in Canada / Kellie Woodbury & Gregory P. Brown. -- 14. Women working in the courts / Shelley Lechlitner & Jane Barker. -- 15. Women working in corrections / Jane Barker.