Topics in Community Corrections, Annual Issue, 2000: Responding to Women Offenders in the Community

This publication contains: "Foreword" by Phyllis Modley; "Responding to Women Offenders: Equitable Does Not Mean Identical" by Mary Scully Whitaker; "Women and the Criminal Justice System: Gender Matters" by Meda Chesney-Lind; "Gender-Responsive Supervision and Programming for Women Offenders in the Community" by Barbara Bloom and Anne McDiarmid; "Partnership Network Responds to Female Substance Abusers in the Criminal Justice System" by Robin Hoskins; "The Phoenix Project: Maryland's Jail Diversion Program for Women with Co-Occurring Disorders" by Joan Gillece; "Project Reconnect Responds to Women Offenders on a Personal Level" by Dinny Prichard; "Community Residential Programming for Female Offenders and Their Children" by Karen V. Chapple; "Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders: A Lesson in Criminal Justice Policy-Making" by Larry Muse; "Cook County's Gender-Responsive Treatment Model" by Terrie McDermott; and "Give 'Em a Fighting Chance: The Challenges for Women Offenders Trying to Succeed in the Community" by Ann Jacobs. Accession Number: period180

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