This paper examines several characteristics thought to be important in understanding female criminality and assumptions about psychopathology and homogeneity of female offenders, with emphasis on recent research findings and the policy implications of these findings.
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Drug Court Services for Female Offenders 1996-1999: Evaluation of the Brooklyn Treatment Court; Urban Institute Justice Policy Center, 2001; ... Violence in the Lives of Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: Service and Policy Implications; Connecticut Women’s Consortium; Women and Addiction: Challenges for Drug Court...
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Pat Carlen et al (1992, p.18) suggest that "female criminals have been consistently portrayed down the ages as peculiarly evil and depraved, and as unstable and irrational. Often their irrationality is linked to their biological and ... An analysis of the negative implications that can result will also be presented.
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because of their implications for criminal justice and mental health practice and policy, but also due to their implications for racial relations! ...
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Measuring social capital in a known disadvantaged urban community – health policy implications ... Wilson D, Taylor A, Roberts L: Can we target smoking groups more effectively? A study of male and female heavy smokers.
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007, 2:15doi:10.1186/1747-597X-2-15 ... Those that drank were more likely to be female, older, attend a school in the least deprived regional quintile, white or mixed race, have more spending money available per week and/or be a member of a youth or sports group.
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One of the policy implications of this research is that substance abuse practitioners need to be trained in and provided with specific treatment protocols for addressing cocaine and other stimulant related problems.
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Objectives. We examined the sexual and injection drug use HIV and AIDS risk behaviors of female jail detainees. ... HIV and AIDS Risk Behaviors in Juvenile Detainees: Implications for Public Health Policy; Am J Public Health, June 1, 2003; 93(6): 906 - 912. [Full Text] [PDF]
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Objectives. We examined the sexual and injection drug use HIV and AIDS risk behaviors of female jail detainees. ... HIV and AIDS risk behaviors among female jail detainees are important because the number of women jailed is increasing,21, 23 and most detainees return to the community in a few days.24 In 1986, there were 13...
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Butts' 1996 report, Female Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System: Statistics Summary, documented the significant increase in violent crime index offenses ... Bowers, B.B. 1990. Traumas precipitating female delinquency: Implications for assessment, practice and policy. Child and Adolescent Social Work, 7(5):389-402.
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