ARTICLES/BOOKS/REPORTS

 

Abrahams, Jessica, ‘What can’t you do with a criminal record: A life sentence’ Prospect (London), 22 May 2013

 

Akers, Marie, ‘How and when to appeal’, Insidetime (online), 16 December 2014 <insidetime.org/how-and-when-to-appeal/>

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Armytage, Penny, 'Women in Corrections: Getting the Balance Right' (Speech delivered at Women in Corrections: Staff and Clients Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology in conjunction with the Department for Correctional Services SA, Adelaide, 31 October 2000)

 

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 4517.0 - Prisoners in Australia, 2015 (11 December 2015) <http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/4517.0~2015~Main%20Features~Prisoner%20characteristics,%20Australia~28>

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Australian Institute of Family Studies, Addressing women's victimisation histories in custodial settings (December 2012) <https://aifs.gov.au/publications/addressing-womens-victimisation-histories-custodial-settings/profile-women-prison>

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Corston, Jean, The Corston Report: A review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system (2007)

 

Criminal Justice Joint Inspection, ‘Equal but different? An inspection of the use of alternatives to custody for women offenders’ (Report) (2011)

 

Dallaire, D. H., ‘Incarcerated mothers and fathers: a comparison of risk for children and families’ (2007) 56 Family Relations

 

Epstein, Rosa, ‘Mothers in Prison: The Sentencing of Mothers and the Rights of the Child’ (2014) 216 Prison Service Journal 35

 

Farrington, D. P., ‘Psychosocial predictors of adult antisocial personality and adult convictions’ (2000) 18(5) Behavioural Sciences and the Law 605

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Gelb, Karen, 'Women in Prison - Why is the Rate of Incarceration Increasing?' (Paper presented at Evaluation in Crime and Justice: Trends and Methods 

Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, 24-25 March 2003)

 

Gullberg, Sophia, State of the Estate: Women in Prison’s report on the women’s custodial estate 2011-12’ (2013)

 

Hanks, Sinead, ‘Does Prison Work’ (2008) 22 International Review of Law Computers and Technology 95

 

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons of England and Wales, ‘Annual Report 2011-12’ (Report) (17 October 2012)

 

HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Women in Prison: A Short Thematic Review (2010)

 

HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Alcohol services in prisons: an unmet need (2010)

 

House of Commons Justice Committee, ‘Criminal Cases Review Commission’ HC (2014-15) 850

 

Howard League for Penal Reform, ‘Voice of a Child’ (Report) (30 September 2011)

 

Maden, A., Swinton, M., and Gunn, J., ‘A Criminological and Psychiatric Survey of Women Serving a Prison Sentence’ (1994) 34(2) British Journal of Criminology 172

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Michelmore, Karen, 'Noelene's Story', 702 ABC Sydney (Online), 5 July 2012 <http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2012/06/23/3531839.htm>

 

Ministry of Justice, ‘Adult Reconvictions: results from the 2009 cohort, England and Wales’ (Report) (1 March 2011)

 

Ministry of Justice, ‘Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders’ (Report) (December 2010)

 

Ministry of Justice, ‘Annual Tables – Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2014’ (Report) (2015)

 

Ministry of Justice and National Offender Management Service, ‘National Service Framework: Improving Services to Women Offenders’ (Report) (30 May 2008)

 

National Offender Management Service, ‘NOMS Equalities Annual Report 2011-2012’ (Report) (2012)

 

Plugge, E., Douglas, N., and Fitzpatrick, R., The Health of Women in Prison, Study Findings (2006) Oxford University

 

Prison Reform Trust, ‘Bromley Briefings Fact File: December 2011’ (Report) (9 December 2011)

 

Prison Reform Trust, ‘Reducing women’s imprisonment – Action Pack’ (Report) (2013)

 

Prison Reform Trust, ‘Women in Prison: August 2012’ (Report) (17 August 2012)

 

Prison Reform Trust, ‘Why Focus on Reducing Women’s Imprisonment?’ (Report) (July 2015)

 

Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, ‘The Change of a Lifetime: Preventing Early Conduct Problems and Reducing Crime’ (Report) (2009)

 

Singleton, N., Pendry, E., Taylor, C., Farrel, M., and Marsden, J., ‘Drug-related mortality among newly released prisoners’ (2003) Home Office, Research, Development and Statistics Directorate 1

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Thomas, Jason, 'How much does it cost to keep people in Australian jails?' SBS (Online), 4 February 2015

 

Vallely, Paul, ‘Mothers & Prison: Babies behind bars’ The Independent (London), 17 September 2012

 

Williams, Kim, Papadopoulou, Vea and Booth, Natalie, ‘Prisoners’ childhood and family backgrounds: Results from the Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) longitudinal cohort study of prisoners’ (2012) Ministry of Justice Research Series 4/12

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Weaver, Clair, 'Jail Birds: What life is really like inside a women’s prison', Australian Woman's Weekly (Online), 12 November 2015

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Weaver, Clair, 'Mum 22: I'm Raising My Baby in Prison', Australian Woman's Weekly (Online), 30 March 2015

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Women in Prison Advocacy Network, 'No Exit into Homelessness Still A Dream? The Housing Needs of Women Leaving Prison' (Discussion Paper) (August 2011)

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OTHER

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Birth Companions, Statistics: Women in prison are a small but vulnerable group and the women we support face many challenges (2015) <www.birthcompanions.org.uk/statistics>

 

Children’s Rights Alliance for England, About Us (2015) <http://www.crae.org.uk/about-us/>

 

Criminal Cases Review Commission, Making an application: How it works

<www.ccrc.gov.uk/making-application/how-it-works/>

 

Crown Prosecution Service, Appeals to the Court of Appeal, <www.cps.gov.uk/legal/a_to_c/appeals_to_the_court_of_appeal/>

 

disclose.me.uk, Table of Rehabilitation (2014) <http://disclose.me.uk/resources/table-of-rehabilitation/>

 

FindLaw UK, Can I appeal a criminal conviction? <findlaw.co.uk/law/criminal/your_rights/500413.html>

 

Ford, David, MLA, Northern Island Minister for Justice, ‘Justice System Working to Deliver for Women’ (Speech delivered at a Women’s Information Northern Ireland (WINI) event, 5 November 2013) < http://www.dojni.gov.uk/justice-system-working-to-deliver-for-women-ford>

 

GOV.UK, Benefits and Prison (2014) <https://www.gov.uk/benefits-and-prison/housing-benefit>

 

Hale, Baroness, ‘The Sinners and the Sinned Against, Women in the Criminal Justice System’ (Speech delivered at Church House, Westminster, 5 December 2005) <http://www.longfordtrust.org/lecture_details.php?id=10>

 

Hansard HC vol 501 col 238W

 

Hansard HC vol 503 col 548W

 

Hardwick, Nick, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, ‘Women in Prison: Corston Five Years On’ (Speech delivered at The University of Sussex, Brighton, 29 February 2012) <http://justice.gov.uk/downloads/about/hmipris/women-in-prison.pdf>

 

Law Society, Policy Campaigns: Criminal Legal Aid (2015) <http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/policy-campaigns/campaigns/criminal-legal-aid/>

 

Ministry of Justice, Freedom of Information request 175388

 

Ministry of Justice, ‘Population bulletin: weekly 24 July 2015’ (Spreadsheet) (24 July 2015)

 

Ministry of Justice: National Offender Management Service, ‘Determining Pre Sentence Reports’ (Instruction) (1 April 2011)

 

Phillips, Lord, ‘The Case for Community Sentencing’ (Speech delivered at the Centre for Criminology, Oxford University, 10 May 2006)

 

Shelter, What we do (2015) <http://england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do>

 

Smartjustice for Women Film (Directed by Charlotte Rowles, Prison Reform Trust, 2011)