CRIM 241 Chapter 13: Crim 241 Finals Notes (Chapter 13).docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 241
• Professor: Richard Brown

Document Summary

Lower risk/needs and less likely to have substance abuse, but more likely: evolution of corrections policy for women offenders to have personal/emotional issues. Incident at kingston prison for women: two reports had significant impact on correction policies for federally sentenced women (fsw) Creating choices the report of the task force on federally sentenced. Women that had a significant impact on the structure and operation of women"s corrections. 1990, examined correctional policies and programs: recommended that separate system be created. Use-of-force policy all-male iert teams never used as first response. Forbidden for male staff to be present when female being stripped-search: current state of corrections policy and practice for women offenders, scholars argue csc failed to develop a correctional practice for women that is empowering and rehabilitative. Focus still on punishment and control: argue that prisons are based on oppressive hierarchical structure of gender equality women who resist traditional roles are seen as threats, alternatives to confinement.