Gender, social enquiry reports, and social work disposals

Throughout the nineties a range of factors, not least the series of suicides at Cornton Vale women's prison, highlighted concerns about how the criminal justice system deals with female offenders in Scotland. There has been a review of community-based disposals and the use of custody for women...

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Main Author: Gallagher, Geraldine
Published: University of Stirling 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.440779