Working with Female Offenders: A Gender-Sensitive Approach
Author:   Katherine van Wormer (University of Northern Iowa)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
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9780470581537


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   28 April 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Katherine van Wormer (University of Northern Iowa)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780470581537


ISBN 10:   0470581530
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   28 April 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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This book is a comprehensive, compelling text in which Katherine van Wormer artfully addresses areas that are absent from the literature on criminal justice and the helping professions as they relate to the special needs of girls and women offenders... Noting that 'a paradigm shift is in the wind,' the book is brilliantly constructed as it underscores the contradictions and paradoxes within the penal system... The author's writing style is a notable strength as she convincingly advocates for a multidimensional, gender-sensitive approach while she systematically dissects the micro- and macrolevel dynamics that affect policy, programs, and research on female offenders. ( Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work , February 2012)


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KATHERINE VAN WORMER is a Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa. She has also taught in the departments of sociology and criminal justice. Van Wormer is the author of fourteen books and numerous book chapters and journal articles. Among her scholarship awards, she has won the McKay Faculty Research Award, the Faculty Excellence Award, and the Outstanding Scholarship Award.

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