Guidance

Achieving better outcomes for women offenders

Evidence-based commissioning principles for women offenders

From:
National Offender Management Service
Published
2 September 2015
Last updated
21 September 2015 — See all updates

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Achieving better outcomes for women offenders

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Achieving better outcomes for women offenders – poster summary

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A guide to working with Former Sex Workers and Victims of Domestic Abuse

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Women offenders have distinct needs. This Better Outcomes document summarises the needs of women offenders, how we should respond to them and how to better commission, target and sequence services and interventions to improve outcomes and value for money for women offenders. It also supports a more effective approach to improving offenders engagement with rehabilitative activity.

The evidence identifies that we should support women to: improve self management; access mental health treatment; address substance misuse; be in control of daily life and have goals; develop a stable pro-social identity; resettle and build social capital; develop a prosocial identity and improve family contact.

Published 2 September 2015
Last updated 21 September 2015 + show all updates

  1. A guide to working with Former Sex Workers and Victims of Domestic Abuse added.

  2. First published.