– Urban Institute ADDING TEXT SLIDES Policies have impacted justice-involved women Especially women with victimization, substance use, and mental health backgrounds Policies have “widened the net” cast over women: Brought more women into the criminal legal system than previously warranted by their behavior War on Drugs, pro-arrest/dual-arrest for DV Ignore the context in which women’s mi. [...] Differences in “Effects” of risk and need factors Continuing exploration of GR factors as they occur in relatively equal frequency among males and females, but affect women in unique ways (we have examined the prevalence differences between M/Fs) Women’s experiences in different areas of system Jails Community Supervision What About Women in Jail? We know less about women in jails and un. [...] Resiliency and strength factors We also know less about women’s incarceration in jail settings and how jails can become, perhaps like prisons, more gender-responsive and trauma informed Management decisions, supervision strategies, housing and policy accommodations, etc. [...] Here’s what we know about jails Jails hold “different” people than prisons – likely low-risk but high-need persons (“revolving door”) Jails house people for less time Jails have fewer services and less time to address needs Because people in jails will more likely reenter the community, jails could be important places of intervention Especially for proximate, short-term and/or crisis nee. [...] believes decisions shaped by facts, rather than ideology, have the power to improve public policy and practice, strengthen communities, and transform people’s lives for the better.
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- Policies have impacted justice-involved women 2
- Especially women with victimization substance use and mental health 2
- Policies have widened the net cast over women 2
- Brought more women into the criminal legal system than previously 2
- War on Drugs pro-arrestdual-arrest for DV 2
- Ignore the context in which womens misbehavior occurs including roles and motivations 2
- These policies impacted the national profile of women in the system 3
- The typical justice-involved female is now 3
- Gender-Responsive factors 4
- Justice involved females appear to be unique from males in that 4
- These factors are said to be gender-responsive because they are 4
- GR and Pathways knowledge base thus far 5
- Evidence on different pathways 5
- Evidence that women engage in different types of crimes and are less violent 5
- Evidence prevalence differences 5
- Evidence on mental health substance use and victimization as well as their co- 5
- Gaps in knowledge thus far 6
- We know less about women in jails and under community supervision 8
- Heres what we know about jails 9
- Jails hold different people than prisons likely low-risk but high-need persons revolving 9
- Jails house people for less time 9
- Jails have fewer services and less time to address needs 9
- Because people in jails will more likely reenter the community jails could be important 9
- Policy implications 11
- More research on womens experiences in jails 11
- Barriers and facilitators to reentry 11
- Policies to make jails more trauma-informed and service-forward 11
- Specific questions for research on women in jails 12
- Finally some continuing global questions 13
- Unique experiences of women who are system involved 13
- Areas of system that need more research 13
- Implications for women in the system 13
- About the Urban Institute 15
- The Urban Institute is the trusted source for 15
