Ladies of Lost Causes: Rehabilitation, Women Offenders and the Voluntary Sector

ISBN-13: 9781138165854 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 276 str.

Judith Rumgay

Opis

This book is unique in that it documents the radical contribution of women philanthropists and practitioners to offender rehabilitation by undertaking an evaluation of the development of a residential programme for female offenders run by the Griffins Society. The author illuminates the pathways of women into, and out of, serious crime; explores the dynamics of rehabilitative practice in the volatile setting of residential care; and also analyses the qualities of successful rehabilitative practice.

Recenzje

‘This is a remarkable book, both because of the story it tells and the way in which Judith Rumgay discovered and presents it. . . it is a privilege to write a foreword for a book which speaks to so many of the concerns that I and others share about work for, by and about women.’ – Professor Frances Heidensohn (LSE)

Spis treści

Foreword by Frances Heidensohn  1. Introduction 2. A philanthropic phoenix  3. Just ladies who lunch?  4. Pioneers on the front line  5. Dangerous women or women in danger?  6. Rehabilitation in the real world  7. Desistance and despair  8. The philanthropic ideal

O autorze

Judith Rumgay is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Her teaching focuses on areas of psychology and crime, rehabilitation of offenders and community penalties.