Last Chance: older women through the Criminal Justice System
This research project focusses on older women in the criminal justice system and aimed to:
ascertain what proportion of older women offenders (50+) make up the growing prison population;
examine community sentences and other punishments given as an alternative to custody, for this group;
provide a focus on the rehabilitation and resettlement of older women on their release from prison, especially those with drug and alcohol problems;
examine the role of outside agencies in the resettlement of older women offenders and to determine their effectiveness.
The research is based on interviews with offenders, magistrates, judges, justices’ clerks, probation officers, representatives of voluntary organisations, a deputy prison governor and government ministers.
Author: Carlie Newman
Published: 2005