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• Just how feministic are female offenders? What social norms do they live by?

  The University of California at Irvine just published a major research project called " Understanding the Female Offender". The project focuses on female offender behavior patterns: When do they persist and when do they desist? Read to find... Posted Dec 19 2006, 09:37 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie with Filed under: Research, Women Offenders

• Are you guilty?

  The Council of State Governments has released a brief called, " Violence against Women with Mental Illness ", a Consensus Project . The brief outlines challenges to agencies based on these factors: Mental health providers often do not get information... Posted Nov 17 2006, 07:45 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie with Filed under: Women Offenders

• Deal or No Deal:"People, Places, and Things: The Social Process of Reentry for Female Ex-Offenders"

  The U.S. Department of Justice released the grant report, " People,Places and Things: The Social Process of Reentry for Female Ex-Offenders" by Andrea Leverentz, University of Chicago, Department of Sociology. The main goal was to "learn... Posted Sep 19 2006, 11:33 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie with Filed under: Reentry, Women Offenders

• "Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004"

  This new study: " Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004 " by the New York Women's Prison Association, demonstrates the disparities among sentencing and treatment of women in different states. Other highlights include... Posted Sep 08 2006, 12:51 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie with Filed under: Women Offenders

• Looking for the Latest Resources on Women Offenders?

  The female incarceration rates are out pacing male offenders in most jurisdictions. NIC 's Information Center has an updated " Annotated Bibliography on Women Offenders: Prisons, Jails, Community Corrections, and Juvenile Justice". The resource... Posted Jul 19 2006, 06:51 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie with Filed under: Women Offenders