Women and the criminal justice system : failing victims and offenders? / Emma Milne, Karen Brennan, Nigel South, Jackie Turton, editors.

Publisher's description: Bringing together academics and professionals, this edited collection considers key issues in current criminal justice policy and practice related specifically to women to answer the important question: are women being failed by the criminal justice system? In a landsca...

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Other Authors: Milne, Emma (Editor), Brennan, Karen (Editor), South, Nigel (Editor), Turton, Jackie (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Women and the criminal justice system ; moving beyond the silo / Karen Brennan, Emma Milne, Nigel South, Jackie Turton
  • Rape myths in the criminal justice system / J. M. Gray, M. A. H. Horvath
  • False allegations of sexual violence : the reality / Charlotte Triggs
  • Domestic abuse : predicting, assessing and responding to risk in the criminal justice system and beyond / Aviah Sarah Day, Angela Jenner, Ruth Weir
  • Criminalising neonaticide : reflections on law and practice in England and Wales / Karen Brennan, Emma Milne
  • Understanding violent women / Emma Milne, Jackie Turton
  • Sentencing women in the transformed probation landscape / Gemma Birkett
  • Why training is not improving the police response to sexual violence against women : a glimpse into the 'black box' of police training / Elizabeth A. Stanko, Katrin Hohl
  • Why focus on reducing women's imprisonment? / Jenny Earle
  • Women, crime and criminal justice : tales of two cities / Loraine Gelsthorpe.