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Sentencing Women in the Transformed Probation Landscape

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The government promised in 2013 that its new probation reforms would improve outcomes for women offenders. Yet this strategy, called and aimed at Transforming Rehabilitation, will only achieve success if sentencers are aware of (and support) the options made available by the new providers of probation services. Considering current levels of awareness of the new reforms among magistrates, this chapter highlights reservations about the suitability of community provision for women and reveals a lack of awareness about developments under the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda.

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    Gemma Birkett

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    Emma Milne

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    Karen Brennan

  3. University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Nigel South

  4. University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

    Jackie Turton

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Birkett, G. (2018). Sentencing Women in the Transformed Probation Landscape. In: Milne, E., Brennan, K., South, N., Turton, J. (eds) Women and the Criminal Justice System. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1_7

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