Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System
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Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System - Publications

The following publications are a sample of available resources.

Corrections Female Juvenile Offender Recidivism Research on Female Offenders Substance Abuse

NCJRS Abstracts Database

The 2002 Mental Health Strategy for Women Offenders
Correctional Service of Canada, 2002

Baseline Psychopathology in a Women's Prison: Its Impact on Institutional Adjustment and Risk for Violence
Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia, 2003

A Brief History of Women in Oklahoma Corrections: Inmates and Employees
Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium, 1997/98

Canadian Federal Women Offender Profiles: Trends From 1981-2002
Correctional Services of Canada, 2002

Classification of Women Offenders: A National Assessment of Current Practices
National Institute of Corrections, 2001

Classification of Women Offenders: A National Assessment of Current Practices and the Experiences of Three States
National Institute of Corrections, 2001

Classification of Women Offenders in State Correctional Facilities: A Handbook for Practitioners
National Institute of Corrections, 1991

Collaborative Intermediate Evaluation of the Pine Lodge Pre-Release Therapeutic Community for Women Offenders in Washington State
National Institute of Justice, 1999

Community Strategy for Women Offenders
Correctional Service of Canada, 2002

Current Issues in the Operation of Women's Prisons
National Institute Corrections, 1998

Death Penalty for Female Offenders, January 1, 1973 through June 30, 2006
Ohio Northern University College of Law, 2005

Developing and Validating a Brief Jail Mental Health Screen for Women
National Institute of Justice, 2007 

Directory of Community-Based Programs for Women Offenders
National Institute of Corrections, 2000

Employment Needs, Interests, and Programming for Women Offenders
Correctional Service of Canada, 2005

Facility Planning to Meet the Needs of Female Inmates
National Institute of Corrections, 2007

The Gender-Responsive Strategies Project: Jail Applications
National Institute of Corrections, 2005

Gendered Violence and Safety: A Contextual Approach to Improving Security in Women’s Facilities
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2008

Health Issues Specific to Incarcerated Women: Information for State Maternal and Child Health Programs
Department of Health and Human Services, 2000

HIV, AIDS, and the Female Offender
Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1992

Hostage-Taking Incidents Involving Women Inmates: A Profile and Exploratory Investigation
Correctional Services of Canada, 2003

Incarcerated Parents and Their Children
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000

Inventory of Mother-Child Programs
National Institute of Corrections, 2001

Keeping Incarcerated Mothers and Their Daughters Together: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
National Institute of Justice, 1995

Pathways to Prison: Impact of Victimization in the Lives of Incarcerated Women
Center for Children and Family Studies, University of South Carolina, 2004

Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2008
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009

Prisoners in 2007
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2008

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2008

Program Strategy for Women Offenders
Correctional Services of Canada, 2004

Responding to Women Offenders in the Community
National Institute of Corrections, 2000

Sentencing Female Offenders in the Magistrate's Court: Preliminary Report on a Pilot Study
Australian Institute of Criminology

Sentencing Women Offenders: A Training Curriculum for Judges
National Institute of Corrections, 2000

Special Report on Female Offenders in Florida Prisons
Florida Department of Health, 1999

Staffing Analysis for Women's Prisons and Special Prison Populations
National Institute of Corrections, 2002

Status Report on Female Offenders
Florida Department of Corrections, 2001

Supervision of Women Defendants and Offenders in the Community
National Institute of Corrections, 2005

Ten Year Status Report on Women's Corrections: 1996-2006
Correctional Service of Canada, 2006

Translating Research Into Practice: Improving Safety in Women’s Facilities
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2008

Validation and Refinement of Objective Prison Classification Systems for Women: The Experience of Four States and Common Themes
National Institute of Corrections, 2001

Women in Jail: Facility Planning Issues
National Institute of Corrections, 1997

Women in Jail: Legal Issues
National Institute of Corrections, 1996

Women in Jail: Classification Issues
National Institute of Corrections, 1997

Women in Prison
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1994

Women in Prison: Sexual Misconduct by Correctional Staff
General Accounting Office, 1999

Women Offenders
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1999

Women Offenders and their Children
Federal Judicial Center, 2001

Women Offenders: Programming Needs and Promising Approaches
National Institute of Justice, 1998

Women Prisoners and Young Offenders
Prison Reform Trust and Her Majesty's Prison Service, 2003

Women's Prison Associations Focus on Women & Justice: A Portrait of Women in Prison
Women Prison Association and Home Inc., 2003

A Woman's Journey Home: Challenges for Female Offenders and Their Children
Institute for Relational Development, 2002

Women's Prison Association: Supporting Women Offenders and Their Families
National Institute of Justice, 1998

Working with Women Prisoners, 4th Edition
Prison Reform Trust and Her Majesty's Prison Service, 2003

Adolescent Girls: The Role of Depression in the Development of Delinquency
National Institute of Justice, 1999

Addressing the Gender-Specific Needs of Girls: An Evaluation of San Diego's Wings Program
San Diego's Regional Planning Agency, 2003

Assessing the Mental Health Status of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2004

Data From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): A Prospective Study of Serious Delinquency in Adolescent Girls
Abt Associates, 2002

Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2002
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006

An Examination of Sex Differences in Delinquency
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 2003

Female Delinquents Committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections: A Profile
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2003

Female Juvenile Justice Report
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women, 1997

Female Juvenile Offenders Fact Sheet
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, 2004

Female Juvenile Offenders: Services in Texas
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, 2002

Female Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996

Female Youths and Delinquent Behaviors
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004

Guiding Principles for Promising Female Programming: An Inventory of Best Practices
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1998

Improving Policy and Practice for Adolescent Girls with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System
National GAINS Center, 1998

Justice by Gender: The Lack of Appropriate Prevention, Diversion and Treatment Alternatives for Girls in the Justice System
American Bar Association and the National Bar Association, 2001

Juvenile Arrests, 2004
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2003-2004
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2007

Juvenile Delinquency Probation Caseload, 1985-2002
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006

Juvenile Female Crime: A Special Study
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1997

Juvenile Female Offenders: A Status of the States Report
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1998

Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume 6, Number 1 Investing in Girls: A 21^stCentury Strategy
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006

Juveniles in Corrections
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2004

Juveniles in Court
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2003

Mental Health and Female Offenders in the Custody of the Oregon Youth Authority
Oregon Youth Authority, 2002

National Girls' Caucus
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Person Offenses in Juvenile Court, 1985-2002
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006

Profile of the Female Juvenile Offender
Virginia Commission on Youth, 2002

A Profile of Juvenile Justice System Activities and Juvenile Delinquency Risk Factors in Clay County
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2003

Profiling the Needs of Young Female Offenders: Instrument Development and Pilot Study-Final Report
National Institute of Justice, 2000

Profiling the Needs of Young Female Offenders: A Protocol and Pilot Study
National Institute of Justice, 1999

Prostitution of Juveniles: Patterns From NIBRS
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, 2004

Resilient Girls -- Factors that Protect Against Delinquency
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, 2009

Understanding and Addressing Female Delinquency in Illinois
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2002

What About Girls?
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1998

What About Girls? Females and the Juvenile Justice System Teleconference
The Juvenile Justice Teleconference Web site, 1999

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Confronting Relapse and Recidivism: Case Management and Aftercare Services in the OPTS Program
National Institute of Justice, 2000

Female Offender Recidivism
Solicitor General Canada, 1997

Recidivism 1999-2000
Kentucky Department of Corrections

Recidivism of Adult Felons
Washington Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2005

Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002

Recidivism Report: Inmates Released from Florida Prisons
Florida Department of Corrections, 2001

Recidivism Report: Inmates Released from Florida Prisons July 1995 to June 2001
Florida Department of Corrections, 2003

Reducing Barriers to Employment for Women Ex-Offenders: Mapping the Road to Reintegration
Council of Advisors to Reduce Recidivism Through Employment, June 2002

A Review of the Recidivism Rates of Adult Female Sexual Offenders
Correctional Service of Canada, 2005

SafeFutures: Partnerships To Reduce Youth Violence and Delinquency
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996

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The Assessment of Female Offenders
University of South Australia, 2000

A Better Way: The Report of the Ministerial Group on Women's Offending
Scottish Executive, 2002

Classification of Women Offenders: A National Assessment of Current Practices
National Institute of Justice, 2001

Developing Gender-Specific Classification Systems for Women Offenders
National Institute of Corrections, 2004

Female Delinquency Cases, 1997
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Female Gangs: A Focus on Research
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Female Offenders in the Community: An Analysis of Innovative Strategies and Programs
National Institute of Corrections, 1992

Focus on Female Offenders: The Real Women Programme, Probation Service Pilot
Home Office, 2004

Gender Differences in Drug Market Activities: A Comparative Assessment of Men and Women’s Participation in the Drug Market
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2005

Gender Differences in Offending: Implications for Risk-Associated Prevention
Home Office, 2004

Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders
National Institute of Corrections, 2005

Gender-Responsive Supervision and Programming for Women Offenders in the Community
National Institute of Corrections, 2000

Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006

People, Places, and Things: The Social Process of Reentry for Female Ex-Offenders
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2006

Preliminary Evaluation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Within a Women's Structured Living Environment
Correctional Services of Canada, 2003

Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations: A Research-Based Guide
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2006

Program Evaluation of the Pine Lodge Pre-Release Residential Therapeutic Community for Women Offenders in Washington State, Final Report
National Institute of Justice, 2002

Reducing Barriers to Employment for Women Ex-Offenders: Mapping the Road to Reintegration
Council of Advisors to Reduce Recidivism Through Employment, June 2002

Research on Women & Girls in the Justice System
National Institute of Justice, 2000

Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Home Office Publication under Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991
Home Office, 2002

The Substance Misuse Treatment Needs of Minority Prisoner Groups: Women, Young Offenders and Ethnic Minorities
Home Office, 2003

A Summary of Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders
National Institute of Corrections, 2005

Topics in Community Corrections: Responding to Women Offenders in the Community
National Institute of Corrections, 2000

Understanding the Female Offender
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2006

Women and the Criminal Justice System: Gender Matters
National Institute of Corrections, 2000

Women Offenders: A Safer Way: A Review of Community Disposals and the Use of Custody for Women Offenders in Scotland
Scottish Executive, 1998

2000 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring: Annual Report
National Institute of Justice, 2003

Addressing Specific Needs of Women with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System
National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System

Addressing the Needs of Women in Mental Illness/Substance Use Disorder Jail Diversion Programs
National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System, 1999

Benefits of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant and Parenting Women
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2001

CASAWORKS for Families: A Promising Approach to Welfare Reform and Substance-Abusing Women
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2001

Creating Trauma Services for Women with Co-Occurring Disorders
Women, Co-Occurring Disorders & Violence Study Coordinating Center, Policy Research Associates, 2003

The DASIS Report: Dually Diagnosed Female Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: 1999
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2002

The DASIS Report: Facilities Offering Special Programs or Groups for Women - 2005
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2006

The DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2002

Detection and Prevalance of Substance Use Among Juvenile Detainees
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2004

Developing Integrated Services for Women with Co-Occurring Disorders and Trauma Histories
Women, Co-Occurring Disorders & Violence Study Coordinating Center, Policy Research Associates, 2004

Differential Substance Misuse Treatment Needs of Women, Ethnic Minorities, and Young Offenders in Prison: Prevalence of Substance Misuse and Treatment Needs
Home Office, 2003

Diversion Programming: Integrating Treatment with Criminal Justice Sanctions for Women with Co-occurring Disorders
National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System, 2002

Drug and Alcohol Use and Related Matters Among Arrestees, 2003
National Institute of Justice, 2004

Drug Court Services for Female Offenders 1996-1999: Evaluation of the Brooklyn Treatment Court
Urban Institute Justice Policy Center, 2001

Drug Treatment and Reentry for Incarcerated Women
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2005

Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006

Drug Use, Testing, and Treatment in Jails
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000

Effectiveness of Women's Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: A Meta-analysis
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001

Federal Prison Residential Drug Treatment: A Comparison of Three-Year Outcomes for Men and Women 
Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2003

The Female Criminal: An Overview of Women's Drug Use and Offending Behavior
Australian Institute of Criminology, 2003

Female Youths and Delinquent Behaviors
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004

Gender Differences in Substance Dependence and Abuse
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004

Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006

Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Use Overview of Key Findings, 2005
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2006

National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

An Overview of Women’s Drug Use and Offending Behaviour
The Australian Institute of Criminology, 2003

Predictors of Revocation of Conditional Release Among Substance Abusing Women Offenders
Correctional Services of Canada, 2002

Pregnant, Substance-Using Women Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 2
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1995

Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations: A Research-Based Guide
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2006

Profiles of Correctional Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Women and Youthful Violent Offenders
National Institute of Correction, 1994

Specific Needs of Women Diagnosed with Mental Illnesses in U.S. Jails
National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System, 1997

State Policies in Brief: Substance Abuse During Pregnancy
The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2006

State Responses to Substance Abuse Among Pregnant Women
The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2000

Strengthening America's Families: Programs That Work for Justice-Involved Women with Co-occurring Disorders
National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System, 2002

Substance Abuse and The American Woman
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 1996

Substance Abuse and Treatment of State and Federal Prisoners, 1997
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1999

Substance Abuse Treatment for Women Offenders Guide to Promising Practices
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1999

Substance Misuse Treatment Needs of Minority Prisoner Groups: Women, Young Offenders and Ethnic Minorities
Home Office, 2003

Substance Use Among Female Inmates Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division: 1998
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1998

Treatment of Incarcerated Women with Substance Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Final Report
National Institute of Justice, 2002

Violence in the Lives of Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: Service and Policy Implications
Connecticut Women’s Consortium

Women and Addiction: Challenges for Drug Court Practitioners
The Justice System Journal, Volume 23, Number 3 (2002)

Women and Drugs Facts and Figures
Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2006

Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: Results from the Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005

Women with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, 2004

NCJRS Abstracts Database
 

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