Engendering Justice - from Policy to Practice - The Fawcett Society

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Part two: Continued.Engendering justice: roadmap for future reformInstitutional change needed:➤ Clear national direction introduced on minimum localpolice force requirements in relation to offenders withdependent children and hygiene facilities for women.➤ NHS responsibility for the provision of healthcare inpolice stations, including the provision of psychiatricassessment screening, to improve healthcarestandards and diversion for treatment.➤ Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Schemesworking in partnership with the police and courts todivert offenders with mental health needs away fromthe criminal justice system.➤ Alternatives to remand available to the judiciaryincluding bail hostel provision, intensive supervisionand electronic surveillance.➤ Comprehensive pre-sentence reports which analysethe harms likely to result from incarceration for eachindividual.➤ Mechanisms put in place by the Sentencing Councilto collect information about sentencing practices inrelation to female offenders, to allow annual data to bepublished and sentencing practices analysed.➤ Training in place for Judges, Magistrates and LegalAdvisers on the specific needs of female offenders.➤ Sentencers visiting community alternatives to custodyon a bi-annual basis and attending training withproviders of community services.➤ Long term funding for community provision anddevelopment of a national network of gender specificcommunity provision with accommodation facilities andsmall custodial units, including provision for children toremain with their mothers.➤ Community provision which take into account thedistinct needs of BME women and foreign nationalwomen.➤ Sentencing of offenders taking into account theparticular harms resulting from custody on women andtheir families.“To treat everyone as individuals and notto have preconceived ideas about femalevictims. ”Female victimPage 88
Key targets / indicators of success:➤ The number of non-violent female offenders receivingcustodial sentences should have decreased by 50percent from 2009 levels (from 4,300 to 2,150).➤ The number of foreign national women in UK prisonsshould have decreased by 50 percent.➤ The number of women on remand in UK prisonsshould have decreased by 50 percent.➤ Dedicated ‘one-stop shop’ women-only provisionfor female offenders in all county areas, includingaccommodation / hostel provision.➤ Services that meet the needs of BME womenintroduced in each county area.➤ Small custodial units operational, alongside community‘one-stop’ shops in all county areas.➤ Decrease in incidences of self harm and prevention ofdeaths in custody.➤ Decrease in the number of women separated fromtheir children or losing their homes as a result ofcustodial sentences.➤ Community orders which effectively meet the needsof women offenders are available in every court arearesulting in a subsequent decrease in breaches ofsuch orders.➤ Decrease in the re-offending rate for female offendersreceiving community sentences.“To be kept in a prison near home and haveall my needs for release met there. ”Female Offender“I would like to see interventions delivered towomen in an informative and relaxed atmosphereto help them to deal with their everydayproblems. ”Probation WorkerPage 89
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Engendering Justice- from Policy to
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ContentsForeword 5Executive Summary
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ForewordFor the past five years, Fa
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Executive SummarySince 2003, Fawcet
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Executive Summary continuedon domes
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Executive Summary continuedFemale O
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Chapter One: Continued.Methodology
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The Five Years of the CommissionCom
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Chapter Two:Introduction - From Pol
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Chapter Three:Women and Justice - M
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Figure 3: Female Reoffending Rate b
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writing the Government had undertak
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equirement could be used to refer w
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given current funding allocations a
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I feel that women with severe menta
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Good Practice Example: Birth Compan
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Page 47 and 48: that VAW is a relevant issue for ev
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Page 57 and 58: continued commitment to joint worki
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Page 61 and 62: He pleaded innocent, so I prepared
Page 63 and 64: isk assessments are not uniform. In
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Page 67 and 68: different needs and experiences of
Page 69 and 70: managers. “Sometimes childcare is
Page 71 and 72: local area, with women who have rea
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Page 75 and 76: The key issue in my view is that th
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Page 79 and 80: for women to access development opp
Page 81 and 82: Organisations sharing their views w
Page 83 and 84: Institutional change needed:➤ A c
Page 85 and 86: International example of good pract
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Page 91 and 92: ➤ Women working inthe criminal ju
Page 93 and 94: Key targets / indicators of success
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Page 99 and 100: Appendix ACOMMISSIONERS:Baroness Je
Page 101 and 102: Annexure BSummary of Recommendation
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Page 109 and 110: EndnotesMarch 200985Questionnaire R
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