Female Offenders: Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions

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Ruth T. Zaplin
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1998 - Business & Economics - 398 pages
Presents theory, guidelines, treatment, program considerations, and strategies designed to rehabilitate and empower female offenders to reenter society in a meaningful and productive way. Topics include an overview of delinquent girls; the relational theory of women's psychological development; ment
 

Contents

THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
1
How Theory and Practice Have
31
A Systems Perspective
65
A Multiphased Event
81
Implications Drawn from the Model About Past Practices
104
Implications for the Criminal Justice System
113
Relational Theory and the Criminal Justice System
119
Conclusion
128
Treatment Goal Planning
282
An Integrated Systems Approach To Program Development
291
Bureau of Justice Statistics 1997 Prisoners in 1996 Singer L R 1973 Women and the correctional pro
295
Integrated Systems Approach To Program Development and Delivery
298
Conclusion
304
The Special Needs and Problems of African American Women
311
Mothers
331
Doing Time on the Outside
337

PART II
161
Problems and Some Proposals
179
Problems in Classifying Female Offenders
185
Guidelines for Designing Objective Classification Systems for Female
194
Mental Health Issues Treatment and the Female Offender
205
Treatment
211
PostTraumatic Stress Disorder
217
Understanding
227
Unraveling the Connection between Childhood Maltreatment and Female
234
The Normalization of Childhood Maltreatment Among Female Offenders
240
Needs Assessment and Treatment Goal Planning
265
The Needs Assessment
271
Conclusion
344
The History of Prostitution
350
RESPECT
356
Introduction
362
Qualitative Evaluations of Female Offender Programs
370
Conclusion
377
Looking Toward the Future
383
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Index
389
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