Women and Desistance from Crime

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Desistance Research has proven to be an important guide for reentry programming. Most of this research has been done on men and/or small samples of women/girls however. This roundtable will address what we know about desistance and how the process may differ for men and women and how rehabilitation efforts can be more effective as a result.

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Roundtables

Individual Presentations

• Women and Crime: What do we know about Desistance - Betsy Matthews, Eastern Kentucky University; Dana Jones Hubbard, Cleveland State University

• Desistance Among Drug Users: Differences in Men and Women - Charlotte Colman, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy

• Social Context and Women’s Desistance from Crime - Ana Vigna, Universidad de la República