The context: women as law-breakers

Loraine Gelsthorpe; Serena Wright

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1t89c43.7

The context: women as law-breakers

Loraine Gelsthorpe, Serena Wright

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the profile of female law-breakers, what is known about these women, and what is known about their offending, and their pathways of persistence and desistance. This chapter points to some policy and practice developments since the Corston Report of 2007, considering these within the context of women’s compliance. However, questions are raised about the legitimacy of these developments, as well as their sustainability in a market economy of justice. This chapter also identifies some ironies insofar as the post-Corston world seems to recriminalise some women; indeed, the focus on women’s ‘persistence’ may diminish opportunities for ‘desistance’.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Women and Criminal Justice
Subtitle of host publication	From the Corston Report to Transforming Rehabilitation
Editors	Jill Annison, Jo Brayford, John Deering
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	Policy Press
Pages	39-58
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	447319306
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1t89c43.7
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Women law breakers
Criminalisation
Offending profile
Persistence
Desistance
Policy developments

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