Carol Hedderman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6716719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carol Hedderman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carol |
| FAMILY NAME | Hedderman |
| SIGNATURE | HEDDERMAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What women want
In 2004 the Government in England and Wales published a new policy on responding to women who offend. The aims were to reduce women’s involvement in crime and to divert them from prison. The ‘Together Women’ project was funded under this policy initiative to demonstrate how services for women offenders should be provided in the community. The first stage of the associated evaluation included interviews with Together Women’s clients as their feedb…
Government policy on women offenders
After 13 years of a majority Labour government, a minority Conservative government was elected in the UK in May 2010. Within weeks, the Conservatives had created a Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. In developing its policies on a range of social issues, the new administration will need to take account of what its immediate predecessor achieved and the lessons that Labour failed to take from its forerunners. In relation to women off…
Do You Get What You Pay for? Assessing the Use of Prison from an Economic Perspective
This article assesses the relative economic costs and benefits of alternative sentences. A conceptual economic model is developed in which the benefits are the rehabilitation, incapacitation, deterrence and retribution effects of prison. A review of the literature was undertaken to identify economic studies that measure these effects. The evidence available tends to focus on costs and the rehabilitation and incapacitation effects. The evidence on…
Helping offenders into employment
The Probation Service has, for some years, worked with external service providers in partnership. One strand of this work has involved collaboration with voluntary sector organizations in helping offenders into education training and employment (ETE). Underlying this work is a slim but important evidence base, which shows that offending diminishes when offenders gain employment, and that being in work may trigger longer term desistance. Drawing o…
Gender and Justice
Cullompton : Willan ( 2006 ) 320pp . £22.00pb ISBN 978-1-84392-199-8 The first two sections of this three-part edited collection focus on updating our knowledge and understanding of gender differences in relation to many well-worn themes such as drug use, the regulation of prostitution, court decision making and the experiences of women in prison. The third section, 'New concepts and approaches', includes chapters which seek to expand feminist cr…
Mode of Trial Decisions and Sentencing Differences between Courts
About one in five of defendants charged with triable‐either‐way offences is dealt with at the Crown Court. Yet a majority of those committed to the Crown Court because magistrates decline jurisdiction receive sentences which magistrates could have imposed. Among those electing trial, most of those convicted ended up pleading guilty and the research showed that many will have received much more severe sentences as a result of going to the Crown Co…
Custody Decisions for Property Offenders in the Crown Court
This paper discusses a study which investigated the factors influencing the use of custody for a sample of offenders sentenced for theft offences. The results suggest that the decision to use custody was affected by a number of factors which fit with a just deserts approach to sentencing. However, other contributory factors were also identified and the implications of these results are discussed. It is argued that sentencers should be encouraged …
Government policy on women offenders
After 13 years of a majority Labour government, a minority Conservative government was elected in the UK in May 2010. Within weeks, the Conservatives had created a Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. In developing its policies on a range of social issues, the new administration will need to take account of what its immediate predecessor achieved and the lessons that Labour failed to take from its forerunners. In relation to women off…
Helping offenders into employment
The Probation Service has, for some years, worked with external service providers in partnership. One strand of this work has involved collaboration with voluntary sector organizations in helping offenders into education training and employment (ETE). Underlying this work is a slim but important evidence base, which shows that offending diminishes when offenders gain employment, and that being in work may trigger longer term desistance. Drawing o…
What women want
In 2004 the Government in England and Wales published a new policy on responding to women who offend. The aims were to reduce women’s involvement in crime and to divert them from prison. The ‘Together Women’ project was funded under this policy initiative to demonstrate how services for women offenders should be provided in the community. The first stage of the associated evaluation included interviews with Together Women’s clients as their feedb…
Custody Decisions for Property Offenders in the Crown Court
This paper discusses a study which investigated the factors influencing the use of custody for a sample of offenders sentenced for theft offences. The results suggest that the decision to use custody was affected by a number of factors which fit with a just deserts approach to sentencing. However, other contributory factors were also identified and the implications of these results are discussed. It is argued that sentencers should be encouraged …
Mode of Trial Decisions and Sentencing Differences between Courts
About one in five of defendants charged with triable‐either‐way offences is dealt with at the Crown Court. Yet a majority of those committed to the Crown Court because magistrates decline jurisdiction receive sentences which magistrates could have imposed. Among those electing trial, most of those convicted ended up pleading guilty and the research showed that many will have received much more severe sentences as a result of going to the Crown Co…
Gender and Justice
Cullompton : Willan ( 2006 ) 320pp . £22.00pb ISBN 978-1-84392-199-8 The first two sections of this three-part edited collection focus on updating our knowledge and understanding of gender differences in relation to many well-worn themes such as drug use, the regulation of prostitution, court decision making and the experiences of women in prison. The third section, 'New concepts and approaches', includes chapters which seek to expand feminist cr…
Do You Get What You Pay for? Assessing the Use of Prison from an Economic Perspective
This article assesses the relative economic costs and benefits of alternative sentences. A conceptual economic model is developed in which the benefits are the rehabilitation, incapacitation, deterrence and retribution effects of prison. A review of the literature was undertaken to identify economic studies that measure these effects. The evidence available tends to focus on costs and the rehabilitation and incapacitation effects. The evidence on…
Helping offenders into employment
The Probation Service has, for some years, worked with external service providers in partnership. One strand of this work has involved collaboration with voluntary sector organizations in helping offenders into education training and employment (ETE). Underlying this work is a slim but important evidence base, which shows that offending diminishes when offenders gain employment, and that being in work may trigger longer term desistance. Drawing o…
Government policy on women offenders
After 13 years of a majority Labour government, a minority Conservative government was elected in the UK in May 2010. Within weeks, the Conservatives had created a Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. In developing its policies on a range of social issues, the new administration will need to take account of what its immediate predecessor achieved and the lessons that Labour failed to take from its forerunners. In relation to women off…
What women want
In 2004 the Government in England and Wales published a new policy on responding to women who offend. The aims were to reduce women’s involvement in crime and to divert them from prison. The ‘Together Women’ project was funded under this policy initiative to demonstrate how services for women offenders should be provided in the community. The first stage of the associated evaluation included interviews with Together Women’s clients as their feedb…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Prison (3 works)