Loraine Gelsthorpe
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 317541 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Loraine Gelsthorpe |
| PRENOMES | Loraine |
| SOBRENOME | Gelsthorpe |
| ASSINATURA | GELSTHORPE L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1983 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The Gap Between Best Practices and Reality
Female incarceration rates are rising worldwide. Evidence has suggested important distinctions between women and men who commit crimes, with women presenting significant vulnerabilities related to adverse and traumatic experiences. This highlights the importance of developing prison interventions that adequately respond to these specificities, namely gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and needs assessment-based (such as the risk-needs-responsivi…
The Invisible Abuser
Current models of trauma bonding often understate the perpetrator's role in shaping victims' emotional attachment, risking both victim—blaming and conceptual distortion. This study addresses that gap through interviews with 18 women who experienced repeat domestic abuse and sustained attachment to their perpetrators. The analysis identifies attachment weaponisation as a core mechanism of coercive control. Through grooming, trauma—sharing, and alt…
The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law
Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law
Resettlement and the case for women
This article is about women caught in the cycle of persistent offending, breach and recall. We consider the resettlement challenges faced by this group of women and the extent to which these challenges can be met by the criminal justice system. We reflect on the impact of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 and of statutory post-sentence supervision on the speed of the revolving door between custody and the community. The article draws on some d…
The Encyclopedia of Women and Crime
According to the US Department of Justice, the number of females in the correctional population more than doubled between 1986 and 1997, and between 1990 and 2000 the number of adult female inmates increased at a faster rate than that of men. This is a reference book on the subject of women and crime, a field of study growing in interest since the late 1960s. Consisting of over 240 detailed entries, it is international in scope and covers women a…
Deaths While under Probation Supervision
Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that ‘everyone has the right to life’. This right is contained in all human rights treaties that developed from the UDHR, including the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Yet, as we argue, the UK government is failing to protect this right when it comes to certain groups of people under probation supervision. To date, human rights legislation has failed adequately to pr…
Suicide and community justice
BACKGROUND: There has long been concern about the number of people who die in custody in England and Wales, particularly in prisons or police stations. The concern is obviously heightened when people die either at their own hand, or at the hands of others. Yet there has been selective critical gaze, and people who die whilst under probation or community supervision have been neglected (Phillips, J, Gelsthorpe, L, Padfield, N., Criminology & Crimi…
Women and Penal Reform
Since publication of the Corston Report in 2007, initiatives with regard to women and criminal justice in England and Wales have been marked by positive steps on the one hand, but reversal and failure on the other. A central element to this narrative has been the enthusiastic development of community‐based services for women, only to be followed by the subsequent dissipation of government energy, a diminution of interest, and a decline in funding…
Non-custodial deaths
This article presents the findings from two separate pieces of research that were conducted by the authors on deaths that occur within the criminal justice system, but outside custodial settings. The article begins with a review of the literature on deaths both within and outside custody before going through the research findings which inform the article. The overarching argument is that deaths outside custodial settings are less understood, and …
Research Ethics in Criminology
Women and Criminal Justice
Judith Pallot and Laura Piacentini, with the assistance of Dominique Moran, Gender, Geography and Punishment
Restorative Approach to Family Violence
Community Penalties
Obituary
Women, crime and control
Shattered Lives
London : Jessica Kingsley ( 2006 ) 176pp. £13.99hb ISBN 978-1-84310-434-6 This is book which made me weep. It is in the very best Jessica Kingsley tradition of books which take a radical, innovative or immensely practical approach to matters, and most often all three. This particular book provokes a leap of the imagination to show what can be possible in work with disturbed children – given an inspired therapist, a charismatic individual prepared…
What Works for Women
Women's completion rates on General Offending Programmes are significantly lower than men’s. Is this evidence of the programmes’ design and delivery being focused on men? This study uses multivariate statistical techniques on national data for 2006–07 to examine the characteristics significantly predicting completion rates for General Offending Programmes. In particular, it uses criminogenic factors from the OASys risk-assessment tool to identify…
Do We Need a ‘Naughty Step’? Rethinking the Parenting Order After Ten Years
This article takes a critical look at the ideology and functioning of the parenting order, tracing its political and legislative history and reasons for its geographically varied and largely limited use. It questions the need for mandated parental training which is, anyway, unlikely to prevent offending by children aged over ten years
The Jack-Roller
Clifford Shaw pursued his interest in the development of the delinquent pattern in the individual boy and its links with the geography of the city and community disorganization by making the `life history' a key element of the work of the Institute for Juvenile Research. The Jack-Roller is based on `Stanley'. But can we be really sure where Shaw's own story ends and Stanley's begins? I explore the origins of `Stanley's' story in Shaw's own life a…
Counterblast
Back to basics in crime control
This essay identifies areas of analysis which David Garland neglects in The Culture of Control. The essential argument being that greater attention to the influence of feminism and the treatment of female offenders and victims would have enriched his interpretation of the culture of control. The essay suggests that the treatment of women in criminal justice matters exemplifies the apparently dualistic and polarised penal policies that Garland des…
Exercising discretion
1. Introduction 2.Youth justice: discretion in pre-court decision-making 3. Judicial discretion in sentencing 4. Prison officers and the use of discretion 5. Discretion and the release of life sentence prisoners 6. Discretion in access to forensic psychiatric units 7. Discretion and the release of mentally disordered offenders 8. Decisions to detain asylum seekers - routine, duty or individual choice? 9. Order, rationality and silence: some refle…
Prostitutes' Clients, Ken Livingstone and a New Trojan Horse
Recent legislation has taken a tough line with the clients of prostitutes. This is interesting given that such approaches have been resisted in the past by, amongst others, civil liberties groups and Members of Parliament. In this article we take a look at the legal and social history of prostitutes' clients. We examine the shifting socio‐legal definitions of men who purchase sex from women, in order to make apparent the influences that underpin …
The Jack-Roller
Clifford Shaw pursued his interest in the development of the delinquent pattern in the individual boy and its links with the geography of the city and community disorganization by making the `life history' a key element of the work of the Institute for Juvenile Research. The Jack-Roller is based on `Stanley'. But can we be really sure where Shaw's own story ends and Stanley's begins? I explore the origins of `Stanley's' story in Shaw's own life a…
Response to Martyn Hammersley's Paper `on Feminist Methodology
Martyn Hammersley's observations and comments 'On Feminist Methodology' very usefully draw attention to the continuing critical debates between feminists on methodological and epistemological issues. Since Caroline Ramazanoglu has focussed on issues which generally fall under his fourth heading of 'the adoption of the emancipation of women as the goal of research and the criterion of validity' I shall restrict my response to the first three of Ha…
Feminism and Criminology in Britain
LORAINE GELSTHORPE, Lancaster, ALLISON MORRIS, Cambridge; FEMINISM AND CRIMINOLOGY IN BRITAIN, The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 28, Issue 2, 1 Ma
Back to basics in crime control
This essay identifies areas of analysis which David Garland neglects in The Culture of Control. The essential argument being that greater attention to the influence of feminism and the treatment of female offenders and victims would have enriched his interpretation of the culture of control. The essay suggests that the treatment of women in criminal justice matters exemplifies the apparently dualistic and polarised penal policies that Garland des…
Women, crime and control
Quality and Effectiveness in Probation Officers’ Reports to Sentencers
Preparations to implement the 1991 Criminal Justice Act in England and Wales included a pilot study organized by the Home Office to assess the impact of introducing pre-sentence reports in a wider range of cases in the Crown Courts. This paper reports some findings from the study concerning the variable quality of probation officers' reports; the level of agreement between the researchers' assessments of quality and those made by sentencers in th…
Women and Penal Reform
Since publication of the Corston Report in 2007, initiatives with regard to women and criminal justice in England and Wales have been marked by positive steps on the one hand, but reversal and failure on the other. A central element to this narrative has been the enthusiastic development of community‐based services for women, only to be followed by the subsequent dissipation of government energy, a diminution of interest, and a decline in funding…
Non-custodial deaths
This article presents the findings from two separate pieces of research that were conducted by the authors on deaths that occur within the criminal justice system, but outside custodial settings. The article begins with a review of the literature on deaths both within and outside custody before going through the research findings which inform the article. The overarching argument is that deaths outside custodial settings are less understood, and …
What Works for Women
Women's completion rates on General Offending Programmes are significantly lower than men’s. Is this evidence of the programmes’ design and delivery being focused on men? This study uses multivariate statistical techniques on national data for 2006–07 to examine the characteristics significantly predicting completion rates for General Offending Programmes. In particular, it uses criminogenic factors from the OASys risk-assessment tool to identify…
Gender Crime and Justice
Attendance Centres
This paper contrasts the official policy underlying attendance centres with the practice of one such centre. Two issues in particular are discussed: the objectives of the centre (noting particularly the views of the staff and the boys) and the apparent place of attendance centres in the tariff. Certain divergences are highlighted and their implications discussed in the light of the recent Criminal Justice Act
Feminism and Criminology in Britain
LORAINE GELSTHORPE, Lancaster, ALLISON MORRIS, Cambridge; FEMINISM AND CRIMINOLOGY IN BRITAIN, The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 28, Issue 2, 1 Ma
Recent Texts on White-Collar Crime
Journal Article RECENT TEXTS ON WHITE-COLLAR CRIME: AN OVERVIEW Get access WOMEN, CRIME AND POVERTY. By PAT CARLEN . (Milton Keynes: Open University Press. 1988. 189 pp. £25 hb., £7.95 pb.) Loraine Gelsthorpe Loraine Gelsthorpe Department of Social Administration, University of Lancaster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 29, Issue 4, Autumn 1989, Pages 420–421, http…
Feminist Perspectives in Criminology
This paper describes the achievements of feminist perspectives in criminology and explores their potential for transforming and transgressing' the criminological enterprise. In particular, the authors focus on the potential for transforming traditional research methodologies. Whilst feminist research methodologies are perhaps closely allied to those adopted by symbolic interactionists, the authors are keen to show how feminist approaches overcome…
Feminist Perspectives in Criminology
Response to Martyn Hammersley's Paper `on Feminist Methodology
Martyn Hammersley's observations and comments 'On Feminist Methodology' very usefully draw attention to the continuing critical debates between feminists on methodological and epistemological issues. Since Caroline Ramazanoglu has focussed on issues which generally fall under his fourth heading of 'the adoption of the emancipation of women as the goal of research and the criterion of validity' I shall restrict my response to the first three of Ha…
Gender Crime and Justice
Quality and Effectiveness in Probation Officers’ Reports to Sentencers
Preparations to implement the 1991 Criminal Justice Act in England and Wales included a pilot study organized by the Home Office to assess the impact of introducing pre-sentence reports in a wider range of cases in the Crown Courts. This paper reports some findings from the study concerning the variable quality of probation officers' reports; the level of agreement between the researchers' assessments of quality and those made by sentencers in th…
Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times
Re‐visioning Men's Violence Against Female Partners
This article considers some of the tensions surrounding criminal justice interventions to deal with men's violence against their female partners. Some commentators argue for the increased criminalisation and penalisation of violent men, and others focus on a more caring vision of justice, for example. This article reviews what has been achieved to deal with men's violence via the law and criminal justice system and explores the potential of more …
The Role of Community Service in Reducing Offending
Pathfinder projects in community service have been funded in ten probation areas under the Crime Reduction Programme with the aim of exploring whether this intervention can be effective in reducing recidivism. This is an important development for community service, classically a ‘fine’ on time which offers incidental reparation to the community. The projects incorporate the following elements: pro–social modelling, developing and providing awards…
Exercising discretion
1. Introduction 2.Youth justice: discretion in pre-court decision-making 3. Judicial discretion in sentencing 4. Prison officers and the use of discretion 5. Discretion and the release of life sentence prisoners 6. Discretion in access to forensic psychiatric units 7. Discretion and the release of mentally disordered offenders 8. Decisions to detain asylum seekers - routine, duty or individual choice? 9. Order, rationality and silence: some refle…
Prostitutes' Clients, Ken Livingstone and a New Trojan Horse
Recent legislation has taken a tough line with the clients of prostitutes. This is interesting given that such approaches have been resisted in the past by, amongst others, civil liberties groups and Members of Parliament. In this article we take a look at the legal and social history of prostitutes' clients. We examine the shifting socio‐legal definitions of men who purchase sex from women, in order to make apparent the influences that underpin …
Back to basics in crime control
This essay identifies areas of analysis which David Garland neglects in The Culture of Control. The essential argument being that greater attention to the influence of feminism and the treatment of female offenders and victims would have enriched his interpretation of the culture of control. The essay suggests that the treatment of women in criminal justice matters exemplifies the apparently dualistic and polarised penal policies that Garland des…
Counterblast
The Jack-Roller
Clifford Shaw pursued his interest in the development of the delinquent pattern in the individual boy and its links with the geography of the city and community disorganization by making the `life history' a key element of the work of the Institute for Juvenile Research. The Jack-Roller is based on `Stanley'. But can we be really sure where Shaw's own story ends and Stanley's begins? I explore the origins of `Stanley's' story in Shaw's own life a…
Do We Need a ‘Naughty Step’? Rethinking the Parenting Order After Ten Years
This article takes a critical look at the ideology and functioning of the parenting order, tracing its political and legislative history and reasons for its geographically varied and largely limited use. It questions the need for mandated parental training which is, anyway, unlikely to prevent offending by children aged over ten years
Shattered Lives
London : Jessica Kingsley ( 2006 ) 176pp. £13.99hb ISBN 978-1-84310-434-6 This is book which made me weep. It is in the very best Jessica Kingsley tradition of books which take a radical, innovative or immensely practical approach to matters, and most often all three. This particular book provokes a leap of the imagination to show what can be possible in work with disturbed children – given an inspired therapist, a charismatic individual prepared…
What Works for Women
Women's completion rates on General Offending Programmes are significantly lower than men’s. Is this evidence of the programmes’ design and delivery being focused on men? This study uses multivariate statistical techniques on national data for 2006–07 to examine the characteristics significantly predicting completion rates for General Offending Programmes. In particular, it uses criminogenic factors from the OASys risk-assessment tool to identify…
Women, crime and control
Community Penalties
Obituary
Restorative Approach to Family Violence
Women and Criminal Justice
Judith Pallot and Laura Piacentini, with the assistance of Dominique Moran, Gender, Geography and Punishment
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