Emond Montgomery congratulates Jane Barker for receiving the Significant Contribution Award from the Canadian Psychological Association, Criminal Justice Section, for Women and the Criminal Justice System.

Overview

This text fills a longstanding and growing need for a current and comprehensive overview of women and the Canadian criminal justice system, in all its aspects. The wealth of content includes everything from an accessible overview of essential theory, to practical challenges such as mental health issues and community reintegration, to an examination of women’s roles and careers in the field of criminal justice.

Author Jane Barker has drawn on the expertise of criminal justice colleagues in various fields of specialization, including both academics and practitioners, to create this valuable resource.

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Part 1: Overview of Women and the Canadian Criminal Justice System

 1. The Canadian Criminal Justice System and Women Offenders (Jane Barker)
 2. Female Crime: Theoretical Perspectives (Walter DeKeseredy)

Part 2: Canadian Women Offenders

 3. A “Typical” Female Offender (Jane Barker)
 4. Background Experiences of Women Offenders (Jane Barker)
 5. Coping Strategies of Women Offenders (Jane Barker)
 6. Correctional Assessment and Treatment: Toward Community Reintegration (Jill L. Atkinson, Jean Folsom)

Part 3: Topics of Special Interest

 7. Violence and Women Offenders (Franca Cortoni)
 8. Women Offenders and Mental Health (Jean Folsom)
 9. Female Youth in Conflict with the Law (Shahid Alvi)
10. Aboriginal Women and the Criminal Justice System (Brenda M. Restoule)
11. Visible Minority Women as Offenders and Victims (Shahid Alvi)
12. Girls and Women as Victims of Crime (Walter DeKeseredy)

Part 4: Women Working in the Canadian Criminal Justice System

13. Women's Work? Feminization and the Future of Police Work in Canada (Kellie Woodbury, Gregory P. Brown)
14. Women Working in the Courts (Shelley Lechlitner, Jane Barker)
15. Women Working in Corrections (Jane Barker)

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TopAbout the Author

Jane Barker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Nipissing University.