Van Wormer, Katherine S. <br/><br/>
Working with female offenders :  a gender-sensitive approach / 
Katherine van Wormer. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  John Wiley & Sons,  �2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-289) and index. 
<br/><br/>A gendered approach -- Traditional and gender-sensitive treatment for delinquent girls -- The nature of women's crime -- Women in prison -- Gender-sensitive programming within institutional settings -- Counseling the female offender -- Teaching life skills and promoting healing -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> "Taking into account the special needs of girls and women within a system designed by men for male offenders, Working with Female Offenders offers counselors, correctional officers, lawyers, probation officers - in short, anyone who works in some capacity with female offenders - an evidence-based, gentler approach for working effectively and successfully with girls and women in trouble with the law." "Working with Female Offenders provides coverage devoted to the nature of female crime and to the institutional settings in which much of the female-specific programming is designed to take place. This timely volume equips professionals with proven counseling strategies tailored to fit this population."--Jacket. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118012116 1118012119 9781118265581 1118265580 1282884638 9781282884632 9786612884634 6612884630 1118012135 9781118012130 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>10.1002/9781118265581  Wiley InterScience  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>1060833808  DE-101 1060833832  DE-101 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women prisoners--United States.<br/>Women prisoners--Counseling of--United States.<br/>Female offenders--United States.<br/>Prisonni�eres--�Etats-Unis.<br/>Prisonni�eres--Counseling--�Etats-Unis.<br/>Criminelles--�Etats-Unis.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.<br/>Female offenders<br/>Women prisoners<br/>Women prisoners--Counseling of
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV8738  / .V38 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365/.660820973