Web resource:	https://aifs.gov.au/resources/practice-guides/addressing-womens-victimisation-histories-custodial-settings
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Addressing women's victimisation histories in custodial settingsIssues : Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault
Authors:	Stathopoulos, Mary Clark, Haley Fileborn, Bianca Quadara, Antonia
Keywords:	Sexual assault;Impact on children and young people;Service provision
Year:	2012
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Family Studies
Notes:	This paper by the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA) deals with the growing number of incarcerated women in Australia's prisons, and the issue of their history of sexual abuse and how prison may be responsible for women's re-traumatisation. [Appended From Merge Migration] In the last 20 years the numbers of women entering Australian prisons have risen dramatically. Many of these women have a history of sexual assault traumatisation from child sexual abuse as well as physical and sexual abuse they have encountered as adults. The prison system can often exacerbate trauma for female criminal offenders with a trauma history. This paper explores the prison as a possible site of re-traumatisation. The reasoning behind this is that prisons are built on an ethos of power, surveillance and control, yet trauma sufferers require safety in order to begin healing. A trauma-informed approach may offer an alternative to delivering a less traumatic prison environment and experience for female criminal offenders with a history of sexual abuse and assault.
Contents:	Introduction Section 1: The profile of women in prison : sentencing outcomes : female offenders’ victimisation histories : impacts of child sexual abuse : women’s offending – pathways and characteristics Section 2: Addressing women’s victimisation histories in correctional settings: issues and approaches Section 3: Responses and limitations: supporting women in prison Conclusion
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12167
ISBN:	9781922038142
Physical description:	20 p.
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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