Corston and Beyond

Brayford, J. and Annison J.

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447319306.001.0001

Corston and Beyond

Brayford, J. and Annison J.

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This chapter provides an overview and discussion of women and criminal justice. In particular it focuses on the Corston Report (2007) which directed attention to the imprisonment of vulnerable women in England and Wales. It outlines the scope and intentions of Corston and the hoped-for level of change the Report proposed, particularly in relation to radical alternatives to custody for women offenders. The chapter places this review within its wider context and considers key developments that followed. Whilst Corston opened up the way for some initiatives and community interventions, this chapter critically reviews the complexities of well-intentioned developments and argues that whilst it endeavoured to ‘kick-start’ a new approach to women in the criminal justice system, it failed to bring about the hoped for level of change it promised.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Women and Criminal Justice
Subtitle of host publication	From the Corston Report to Transforming Rehabilitation
Editors	Jo Brayford, John Deering, Jill Annison
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	Policy Press
Pages	1-17
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	978 44731 9306
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447319306.001.0001
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Women and criminal justice
Baroness Jean Corston
women offenders
imprisonment

UN SDGs

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Women and Criminal Justice: From the Corston Report to Transforming Rehabilitation
Brayford, J. (ed.), Deering, J. (ed.) & Annison, J. (ed.), 14 Oct 2015, Bristol: Policy Press. 265 p.
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Corston and Beyond

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Women and Criminal Justice: From the Corston Report to Transforming Rehabilitation

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