A Theoretical Basis for Gender-Responsive Strategies in Criminal Justice
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The number of women under criminal justice supervision in the United States reached over one million in 2001. In response, contemporary corrections has begun to consider the best way to effectively respond to women offenders. Female offenders are now a significant proportion of all offenders: they comprise 17 percent of the total number of offenders under correctional supervision, or one in every six offenders. These numbers have lead to a reexamination of the ways in which correctional policy and practice affect the female offender. This paper describes the theoretical basis for gender-responsiveness in the criminal justice system and the conceptual foundation for a set of gender-responsive strategies designed to improve policy and practice regarding women (Bloom, Owen & Covington, 2002).
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