Women prisoners and their children

Rosemary Joan Sheehan; Catherine Anne Flynn

Women prisoners and their children

Rosemary Joan Sheehan, Catherine Anne Flynn

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Abstract

The number of women prisoners has been growing rapidly during recent years and in many places has more than doubled in the past decade, significantly outstripping increases in the number of male prisoners - and with particular consequences for minority ethnic, black and aboriginal women, who constitute disproportionate levels of prison populations in many countries including Canada, the United States, the UK and Australia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	What Works with Women Offenders
Editors	Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor, Chris Trotter
Place of Publication	UK
Publisher	Willan Publishing
Pages	214-239
Number of pages	26
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9781843922391
Publication status	Published - 2007

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