Speakers
Workshop Session
This presentation examines research requirements with system-involved women as outlined in the Bangkok Rules. Rule 67 states that “efforts shall be made to organize and promote comprehensive, result-oriented research on the offences committed by women” and includes direction on conducting well-designed research and analysis on: offenses committed by women, the impact of prison on women, the characteristics of women offenders, and programmes designed to reduce re-offending. The presentation will review the types of methodologies employed and ways in which such empirical evidence can be used to design gender-sensitive practice. International research on women and recidivism and desistance will be featured.