Interviews with female prisoners in WA show many struggled with violence, drugs, alcohol, poverty and homelessness from an early age.
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Experts still disagree about why the US prison population has grown so much over the last few decades. But crime is only one part of the problem.
At a time when many Australian jurisdictions are imprisoning more people than ever, any policies that increase prisoner numbers must be seriously reconsidered.
A new reform bill will not fix the prison problem: too many people are being incarcerated.
To reduce female recidivism rates, we need to address inmates’ histories of trauma and abuse.
Scotland is about to greatly expand its use of tags to have more prisoners serve sentences in their homes and communities.
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Criminology, The Open University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Edinburgh Napier University
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Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School
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Natalie Gately is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor, The University of Western Australia