A special edition focusing on women, criminalisation and the need for differential approaches that recognise the part that gender plays in women’s pathways into the criminal justice system.
Articles in this edition include Phoebe Lill, Jessica Trick and Natalie Booth on diversion, Shona Minson and others on problem solving courts, and Kevin Wong and others on voluntary sector services.
Also in this edition, Emily Sisson reviews Pregnancy and New Motherhood in Prison, by Lucy Baldwin and Laura Abbott.
In this edition
Introducing this edition’s focus on women, criminalisation and the need for differential approaches
By Jackie Lowthian
How Advance diverts women from the criminal justice system
By Phoebe Lill, Jessica Trick and Natalie Booth
Combating structural oppression experienced by Black, minoritised and migrant women in contact with the criminal justice system
By Katy Swaine Williams, Elizabeth Jiménez-Yáñez and Fleur Okubule
Using an evidence-based lens to explore best practice in problem solving courts globally
By Shona Minson, Ruth Armstrong, Mary Covington, Amanda Dutton, Maria Jimena Monsalve, Corina Giacomello, Ulda Omar Figueroa Ossa, Pablo Hilaire, Adam Kluge and Iulia Cristiana Vatau
An interview with four women with expertise on women’s problem-solving courts
By Ruth Armstrong
The Value of Women’s Centres
By Jackie Lowthian
A critical appraisal of approaches to evaluating voluntary sector women’s services
By Kevin Wong, Rachel Kinsella, Caroline O’Keeffe and Linda Meadows
Addressing the psychosocial challenges of third-sector workers supporting criminal justice-involved women and girls
By Annie Crowley, Joana Ferreira, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Michele Burman and Jenn Glinksi
