A growing body of scholarship faults existing risk/needs assessment models for neglecting
the risk factors most relevant to women offenders. In response, a series of gender …

Women's rates of imprisonment and incarceration in jails grew faster than men's rates during
the prison boom in the United States. Even during the recent period of modest decline in …

Although qualitative research in the area of gender-responsive offending pathways has
grown extensively, little quantitative work has been conducted. This study utilizes interview …

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 …

Although research has oft-documented a maltreatment–delinquency link, the effect of
involvement in—and timing of—child welfare system involvement on offending has received …

What Works (and Doesn't) in Reducing Recidivism offers criminologists and students an
evidence-based discussion of the latest trends in corrections. Experts Latessa, Johnson, and …

Actuarial tools, such as the Level of Supervision Inventory—Revised (LSI‐R), are regularly
used to classify offenders as “high,”“medium,” and “low” recidivism risks. Its supporters argue …

Criminologists have explored the reentry experience of formerly incarcerated adults,
documented the pressing challenges of reentry, the correlates of recidivism, and the causes …

Research Summary: This research investigates the effects of poverty and state capital (ie,
state‐sponsored support) on recidivism among women offenders. We seek also to …

Risk assessment and classification systems for women have been largely derived from male-
based systems. As a result, many of the needs unique to women are not formally assessed …