This Handbook brings together the voices of a range of contributors interested in the many varied experiences of women in criminal justice systems, and who are

Shedding light on the challenges and experiences of women and families within the criminal justice system, this book considers issues of intersectionality, viol

This book adds to global knowledge of pathways out of crime (desistance) by exploring the desistance narratives of 15 women with histories of imprisonment in Ao

Grounded in feminist scholarship, this book upends normative accounts of femme fatale violence to focus beyond the misogyny and the sensationalism and unearth t

Women, Trauma, and Journeys towards Desistance: Navigating the Labyrinth provides an examination of women’s desistance from crime from a gender-responsive, tr