Women-Centered Non-Custodial Measures: Developing Gender-Based Strategies of Least Intervention

ICPA 2025 Presentation by Barbara Owen, Chontit Chuenurah, and Yodsawadi Thipphayamongkoludom (PID109)

Authors

Barbara Owen

Independent Researcher, Owen Research and Evaluation, United States

Barbara Owen is an international expert in the areas of women and imprisonment; improving operational practice in women’s prisons via research; and women’s prison culture. She has extensive experience in conducting mixed methods research, including participant observation, ethnographies, large-scale surveys, policy studies, and program evaluation. Internationally, her work involves implementing human rights protections in women’s prisons with the Thailand Institute of Justice, where she serves as a Senior Advisor.

A Professor Emerita of Criminology at California State University, Fresno, she received her Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Berkeley in 1984. Prior to returning to academia, Dr. Owen was a Senior Researcher with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Chontit Chuenurah

Director, Office of the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders, Thailand Institute of Justice, Thailand

Chontit Chuenurah is the Director of the Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders at the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ). She has been involved in national, regional, and international advocacy related to promoting and protecting human rights in prison settings. As part of her work, she supervises several research projects focusing on women’s pathways to imprisonment and recidivism in Southeast Asia. She is the author/ co-author of articles and book chapters on these issues. Also, Chontit leads social reintegration projects through government, private sector and civil society collaborations. Chontit is specialised in topics related to prison reform, the treatment of offenders, and UN standards and norms with a strong focus on the gender aspect.

Yodsawadi Thipphayamongkoludom

Project Manager, Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders, Thailand Institute of Justice, Thailand

Dr Yodsawadi Thipphayamongkoludom is a Project Manager for the Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders at the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ). She supervises several research projects focusing on criminalised women’s backgrounds, pathways to imprisonment, and rehabilitative needs. Her work includes TIJ’s Research Series on Women Prisoners and the Implementation of the Bangkok Rules in ASEAN and Surveying Victimization Experiences among Young People in Custody. Yodsawadi has co-authored and translated many key publications for TIJ. She has also been involved in training programmes for senior correctional staff and prison officers, emphasising the importance of gender-responsive prison management per international guidelines such as the Bangkok Rules and the Mandela Rules.

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