BB18

Author Jacqui Allen
Published January 2002
Report Type Bureau Brief No. 18
Subject Prisons and prisoners; Sentencing; Women
Keywords women, female prisoners, imprisonment

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Summary

Aim

To examine trends in: the proportion of women sentenced to imprisonment for violent offences; the type of offences for which women are imprisoned; and the involvement of male cooffenders in the commission of these offences.