The authors review evidence of gender-responsive factors for women in prisons. Some
gender-responsive needs function as risk factors in prison settings and contribute to …

Incarcerated women evidence high rates of both interpersonal trauma and mental illness. In
particular, the rates of sexual violence victimization are so high that some researchers have …

This study examined the utility of a lifetime cumulative adversities and trauma model in
predicting the severity of mental health symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic …

Our mixed-methods study advances understanding of pathways to offending for jailed
women with and without mental illness. Life history interviews with 115 women from five US …

Objectives. We sought to describe the prevalence of childhood traumatic events among
incarcerated women in substance abuse treatment and to assess the relation between …

Experiencing trauma as a child or youth often has a variety of serious repercussions that
have the potential to follow an individual into adulthood. These may include experiencing …

This experimental pilot study compared postrelease outcomes for 115 women who
participated in prison-based substance abuse treatment. Women were randomized to a …

This study describes the prevalence of childhood adverse events (CAEs) among men and
women prisoners and assesses the relationship of CAEs to adult symptoms of traumatic …

Objectives This randomized controlled study compared acceptance and commitment
therapy (ACT), cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT), and a control group. Method The …

Ecologically valid typologies of adverse child experiences (ACEs) were identified to
investigate the link between ACEs and adult incarceration. In a nationally representative …