Abstract
This report presents the papers from this three-day seminar on women in the prison system. The seminar provides a valuable opportunity for the flow of information and expert knowledge between academics and practitioners. It covers issues on women prisoners in Victoria and South Australia, women in corrections, trends in women's imprisonment, role of women working in the penal system, changing character of female offenders, maternal infant incarceration, infants and Aboriginal women in prison, and police responsibilities for the management of women in custody.
Proceedings of a seminar held 12-14 June 1984
Contents
Introduction
I: Addresses
- Women in the prison system
Professor Richard Harding - A statement on the issues - United States view
Dr Clarice Feinman - Women prisoners in Victoria
The Honourable Pauline Toner
II: Statistical accounts
- An Australian perspective - women in corrections
Mr David Biles - Trends of women's imprisonment
Dr Satyanshu K. Mukherjee
III: Research papers
- Modesty or muscle: conflicting views of the role of women working in the penal system
Dr Clarice Feinman - The changing character of female offenders in the United States
Professor Rosemary Sarri - Maternal infant incarceration: sociological and psychological perspectives
Dr Suzanne Hatty
IV: Policy and management statements
- Infants and Aboriginal women in prison
Mr Robert Donnelly - Women in the prison system - South Australia
Mr John Dawes - Women's function in N.S.W. male prisons
Ms Rita Nicholson - Corporate planning programs
Ms Jan Hemphill - Police responsibilities for management of women in custody
Detective Sergeant 1/c Charles Hodges - Women behind bars
Ms Jennifer Neil
Appendix A
- List of participants