Probation supervision for women and young offenders

Abstract

The issue of how to work effectively with offenders has long since been of concern. There is evidence that the risk principle, the need principle and the responsivity principle are useful in determining ways of reducing reoffending, but it has not always been clear how far this tri-partite model applies to women and young offenders. Thus the chapter reviews the evidence on what seems to facilitate effective supervision-including cognitive-behavioural and cognitive social learning strategies-but also looks at other evidence to see what might optimize returns in young people's and women's rehabilitation and reintegration.