Gender-Responsive Lessons Learned and Policy Implications for Women in Prison: A Review

• NCJ Number: 240940
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 39 Issue: 12 Dated: December 2012 Pages: 1612-1632
• Author(s): Emily M. Wright; Patricia Van Voorhis; Emily J. Salisbury; Ashley Bauman
• Date Published: December 2012
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): NIC-DOJ 03C23CIZ2; NIC-DOJ 04C29GJD4; NIC-DOJ 05C3GJF8; NIC-DOJ 06WOI0JL0
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Corrections; University of Cincinnati
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The authors reviewed evidence of gender-responsive factors for women in prisons.

Abstract

The authors review evidence of gender-responsive factors for women in prisons. Some gender-responsive needs function as risk factors in prison settings and contribute to women's maladjustment to prison; guided by these findings, the authors outline ways in which prison management, staff members, and programming can better serve female prisoners by being more gender informed. The authors suggest that prisons provide treatment and programming services aimed at reducing women's criminogenic need factors, use gendered assessments to place women into appropriate interventions and to appropriately plan for women's successful reentry into the community, and train staff members to be gender responsive. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.