Understanding the Needs of Justice Involved Women and the Service Providers Who Support Them

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

For the last several years, researchers at the University of Birmingham (UK) under the leadership of Professor Simon Pemberton (PI), have been working on a funded, multi-site research study to identify best practices in working with justice-involved women throughout England. This project has sought to better understand the multiple and complex (unmet) needs of justice involved women and specifically the role that complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD) might play in the women’s lives. The study also aims to assess the effectiveness of various gender responsive practices/programmes delivered in community Women’s Centres, as well as to measure the effectiveness of gender-responsive assessment (i.e., WRNA) currently used in the Centres. Papers in the panel represent the research team’s data collection efforts alongside various Women’s Centres, which provide crucial treatment services to women on probation on behalf of the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice.

Sub Unit

• Area IV. Correlates of Crime / 25. Trauma and Mental Health

Individual Presentations

• The Hidden Injuries of Casework with Criminal Justice Involved Women - Kelly Mackenzie, University of Birmingham, UK

• Examination of the Prevalence of CPTSD in Justice Involved Women with Multiple Adverse Life Events - Denise Ruprai, University of Birmingham

• Understanding the ‘Complex Needs’ of Criminal Justice Involved Women in England - Richard Summers, University of Birmingham

• Exploring Practitioner Typologies within UK Women’s Centres - Ella Holdsworth, University of Birmingham

Chair

• Simon Pemberton, University of Birmingham

Discussant

• Emily Salisbury, University of Utah