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The Griffins Society Research Listings

Welcome to the Griffins Society Research Archive. This archive contains the findings of research from over 30 years of research by criminal justice practitioners into the treatment of women and girls in criminal justice, supported by the charity, The Griffins Society.

About The Griffins Society

The Griffins Society closed its doors in 2024, but was a national charity, dedicated to sponsoring indicative research into the treatment of women and girls in criminal justice. Why just women? Put simply, because equality of treatment does not ensure equality of outcomes. The society championed the importance of gender-specific responses in a system still predominantly designed for dealing with male offenders. They adopted a bottom-up approach, encouraging practitioners working with women to apply to the society for support to undertake small scale research projects on issues they had identified from the front-line. The research sponsored was also predominantly qualitative rather than quantitative, in order to give a voice to the women themselves - a voice that is still too often absent. Although small scale, these research findings were often timely and indicative - shining a light on practice and policy and serving as a catalyst for change.

Posts in Homelessness/Accommodation

Just no future at the moment: Examining the barriers to community resettlement for foreign national women

Authors: Sophia Benedict
Published: 2020

All, Resettlement, Homelessness/Accommodation, Ethnic minorities, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley22 November 2024

A Sense of Place: a study of accessing housing for women exiting custody - housing first not housing last

Authors: Tracey McMahon
Published: 2019

All, Relationships, Resettlement, Homelessness/AccommodationRichard Rowley20 November 2024

Exploring the impact of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 on women involved in the criminal justice system

Authors: Alice Moore
Published: 2018

All, Resettlement, Rural, Homelessness/AccommodationRichard Rowley16 November 2024

Resettlement experiences of street sex-working women on release from prison

Authors: Hazel Renouf
Published: 2017

All, Resettlement, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/Addiction, Sex worker/Sex workingRichard Rowley14 November 2024

Time after Time: A study of women's transitions from custody

Authors: Jean O'Neill
Published: 2016

All, Desistance, Relationships, Resettlement, Rural, Sentencing, Homelessness/Accommodation, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley10 November 2024

Sentencing women: Considering the factors that influence decision-making through interviews with sentencers & probation officers

Authors: Matina Marougka
Published: 2012

All, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/Addiction, Sex worker/Sex workingRichard Rowley5 November 2024

'Score, smoke, back on the beat': an exploration of the impact of homelessness on exiting street sex working in Manchester

Authors: Louise Sandwith
Published: 2011

All, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/Addiction, Sex worker/Sex workingRichard Rowley4 November 2024

Female offenders in a rural environment: access to community support agencies

Authors: Fiona Perez
Published: 2007

All, Resettlement, Rural, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/AddictionRichard Rowley23 October 2024

On detention: The use of prison for girls aged under 18

Authors: Sarah Clarke
Published: 2007

All, Education, Relationships, Resettlement, Restorative justice, Young women, Homelessness/AccommodationRichard Rowley22 October 2024

Exploring provisions for women in approved premises

Authors: Gillian McLeish
Published: 2005

All, Education, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/Addiction, Ethnic minorities, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley20 October 2024

'What Works' with women who offend: A service user's perspective. Exploring the synthesis between what women want and what women get

Authors: Rebecca Clarke
Published: 2004

All, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/Addiction, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley18 October 2024

Life on Life Licence: a follow-up to report 2002/01 - Resettlement issues facing female lifers

Authors: Rachel Chapman
Published: 2004

All, Employment, Parole, Resettlement, Homelessness/Accommodation, Breach/RecallRichard Rowley17 October 2024

Resettlement issues facing female lifers

Authors: Rachel Chapman
Published: 2002

All, Employment, Resettlement, Homelessness/AccommodationRichard Rowley12 October 2024