Argues that correctional intervention is effective for women offenders when it is gender responsive, and that the needs of women offenders are best met within the community, by programs and approaches discussed. This book focuses on the work of those professionals who are engaged with women in the community.

Contributions to this book challenge policy-makers and corrections systems to concentrate on community provision for women offenders and resist popular calls for more punitive responses to all offenders, women included. Contributors come from a wide range of countries including Australia, Canada, UK and USA. They argue that the criminogenic lens applied to women's offending must be gender-responsive if systems are to be successful at addressing the disadvantage and risk associated with offending behaviour.