'A two-way process': women offenders, personality, power and partnerships

This research sought to address the following questions:

• How do voluntary sector agencies working with women offenders currently perceive partnership work?

• What is the current and emerging National and Statutory policy with regards to working with women offenders, and how does that impact on the partnerships in Bradford District?

• What barriers are there to successful partnership work?

• What impact does the contracting of services have on partnership activity for women offenders?

• How can partnerships sustain and develop in future to improve outcomes for women offenders?

The approach to this research combined both qualitative and quantitative data.

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Author: Pip Tibbetts
Published: 2009