Few empirical studies have focused on women in prison. In the last few years, though, a number of studies have demonstrated that there are fundamental differenc

​Female offenders are often perceived as victims who commit crimes as a self-defense mechanism or as criminal deviants whose actions strayed from typical ‘w

Often, research concerning the female offender is scarce. This book adds to the criminological literature on the topic of reentry for women, focusing on the bar

According to the Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2017, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 750%, rising from a total of 26,378 in 1980

Praise for Working with Female Offenders "Encyclopedic in scope and full of very relevant work drawn from the fields of biology, psychology, criminology, and co