Women, Crime and Criminal Justice Practice: Diversity, Diversion, Desistance and Dignity, an international conference in collaboration with Women's Breakout, UK
Cambridge, UK, 10-12 January 2012.
The aim of this conference is to share learning and best practice in recognising the diverse needs of women, and the need to de-escalate both the pressures which lead towards crime and the steps towards custody; thus diversion from both crime and custody and desistance in terms of what might help women's pathways away from crime. This involves considerations of dignity in attempting to meet women 'where they are' and to respond to women's real needs.
Key Themes
* Innovations in policy and practice (in pre-court procedures, the community and in prisons)
* The sentencing of women (including young women, and migrant workers who may have been part of trafficking processes)
* Theoretical perspectives on women, crime and justice (pathways into and out of crime)
* Women as victims and offenders: needs, rights and justice
* Dimensions of diversity (including mental health issues and Black and Minority Ethnic Group issues)
* Evaluating women's community services - how best to do evaluations?
* Children and health
* Domestic violence
* The needs of young women offenders and ways of addressing them; the needs of elderly women offenders and ways of addressing them
Further information about the conference, how to register and accommodation is available at www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/conferences/diversity-diversion/
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