In light of the differences in, and reasons for, male and female offending behaviour, this briefing looks at examples of, and the potential to increase, good practice in female offender management in order to reduce women's offending.
It is intended for cross sector readers including Local Safeguarding Children's Boards and has a strong focus on multi-agency working. It explores the female offender's profile and needs, the policy context, liaison and diversion services, approaches such as police based triage, out of court disposals, integrated offender management (IOM), court based schemes and the role of women's community services. Of interest here, is a key intention of the briefing being to highlight the importance of alternatives to imprisonment so as to reduce the separation of mother and child. The briefing clearly lays out research into the adverse impacts of imprisonment of mothers on their children.
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