Corston and beyond ~ Jill Annison and Jo Brayford;

Part One: Context;

Transforming Rehabilitation: implications for women ~ Jill Annison, Jo Brayford and John Deering;

The context: women as lawbreakers ~ Loraine Gelsthorpe and Serena Wright;

A comparison: criminalised women in Scotland ~ Michele Burman, Margaret Malloch and Gill Mc Ivor;

Part Two: Reviews of current practice;

Probation practice with women offenders in Wales ~ Kate Asher and Jill Annison;

Youth justice practice with girls ~ Becky Shepherd;

Women’s Centres ~ Leeanne Plechowicz;

Older Women Prisoners and The Rubies Project ~ Jill Annison and Alma Hageman;

Gendered dynamics of mentoring ~ Gillian Buck, Mary Corcoran and Anne Worrall;

‘Serious therapy’ for serious female offenders: the democratic therapeutic community at HMP Send ~ Alisa Stevens

Part Three: Towards best practice;

Breaking the cycle for women through equality not difference ~ Martina Feilzer and Kate Williams;

‘A very high price to pay?’: Transforming Rehabilitation and short prison sentences for women ~ Julie Trebilcock and Anita Dockley;

The role of the media in women’s penal reform ~ Gemma Birkett;

Conclusions ~ Jill Annison, Jo Brayford and John Deering.

John Deering is Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of South Wales. His research interests include the probation service and criminal justice system. He previously worked as a probation officer.