Women as Offenders

 

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Women Offenders	Examines offending by adult women and their handling by the criminal justice system.
Drug Court Services for Female Offenders	An evaluation of the Brooklyn Treatment Court (1996-1999). A publication of the Urban Institute
Female Offenders	Report by the (US) Bureau of Justice Statistics. Available in PDF.
Justice for Women: The Need for Reform	A report published in the UK by the Prison Reform Trust. Description of the report and online ordering information
Rehabilitation vs Incarceration of Nonviolent Female Drug Offenders	page on a larger site maintained by prisonerlife.com. Examines the issues of rehabilitation vs. incarceration of female drug offenders.
Substance Abuse Treatment for Women Offenders: A Guide	A research report that examines promising practices in providing substance abuse treatment to female offenders (PDF required)
Women Offenders: Programming Needs and Promising Approaches	Article from the National Institute of Justice by Merry Morash, Timothy S. Bynum, and Barbara A. Koons.
Women and Organized Crime (excluding prostitution)	Bibliography of specialized topics in organized crime: narco-terrorism; transnational organized crime and women in organized crime.

 

Page last updated Tuesday October 24, 2006.