Working with female offenders : a gender-sensitive approach /
"Taking into account the special needs of girls and women within a system designed by men for male offenders, Working with Female Offenders offers counselors, correctional officers, lawyers, probation officers - in short, anyone who works in some capacity with female offenders - an evidence-bas...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Taking into account the special needs of girls and women within a system designed by men for male offenders, Working with Female Offenders offers counselors, correctional officers, lawyers, probation officers - in short, anyone who works in some capacity with female offenders - an evidence-based, gentler approach for working effectively and successfully with girls and women in trouble with the law." "Working with Female Offenders provides coverage devoted to the nature of female crime and to the institutional settings in which much of the female-specific programming is designed to take place. This timely volume equips professionals with proven counseling strategies tailored to fit this population."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118012116 1118012119 9781118265581 1118265580 1282884638 9781282884632 9786612884634 6612884630 1118012135 9781118012130 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
