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Listening to women: relational approaches to female offender management

Aisling O’Meara, Meinir Edwards, Jason Davies Orcid Logo

The Journal of Forensic Practice, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 12

Swansea University Author: Jason Davies Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/jfp-06-2020-0025

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Purpose: To explore women’s experiences of criminal justice systems to inform the development of guidance on working with women.Design/methodology/approach: A two-part, independent samples, qualitative study utilising semi-structured interviews incorporating both IPA and Thematic Analysis was conduc...

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Published in: The Journal of Forensic Practice
ISSN: 2050-8794
Published: Emerald 2020
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