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Working with Female Offenders: A Gender Sensitive Approach

ISBN: 978-1-118-01213-0

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320 pages

September 2010

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Preface vi

Acknowledgments xiv

About the Author xv

Part I: Gender-Sensitive versus Gender-Neutral 1

Chapter 1: A Gendered Approach 3

Part II: Pathways to Crime 23

Chapter 2: Traditional and Gender-Sensitive Treatment for Delinquent Girls 25

Chapter 3: The Nature of Women's Crime 63

Part III: Working in Correctional Institutions 97

Chapter 4: Women in Prison 99

Chapter 5: Gender-Sensitive Programming within Institutional Settings 139

Part IV: Skills for Correctional Counseling 185

Chapter 6: Counseling the Female Offender 187

Chapter 7: Teaching Life Skills and Promoting Healing 219

Epilogue 257

References 263

Index 291