Female Offenders and Reentry Pathways and Barriers to Returning to Society

Chapter 1: Introduction

Catherine D. Marcum and Lisa M. Carter

Chapter 2: Transportation Issues

Miriam Northcutt Bohmert

Chapter 3: Physical Health Needs and Treatment for Female Offenders Returning to Society

Valerie R. Anderson and Shabnam Javdani

Chapter 4: Mental Health Needs and Treatment

Kyle C. Ward and Mary K. Evans

Case Study 4A: Female Offenders, Mental Illness, and Recidivism: An Examination of Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Among a Sample of Female Parolees Released to the City of Philadelphia

Kimberly Houser and Eric S. McCord

Chapter 5: Women With Substance Use Disorders Reentering the Community

Wendy P. Guastaferro and Laura Lutgen

Case Study 5A: Women Offenders and Drug Courts: Does Gender Matter?

Kimberly Houser and Christine Saum

Chapter 6: Reproductive Health Needs and Treatment

Jennifer Mooney and Aalap Bommaraju

Chapter 7: Educational and Vocational Attainment During Reintegration

Linda Keena and Ashley Hluska

Chapter 8: Having to Check Yes: The Stigma of a Criminal Record and Other Challenges to Obtaining Meaningful Employment for Released Female Offenders

Kerry Richmond

Chapter 9: Centering Women's Reentry With Safe, Secure, and Affordable Housing

Faith Lutze and Jenny Lau

Chapter 10: Reunification With Family and Children During the Reentry Process

Suzanne M. Godboldt

Chapter 11: Female Sex Offenders and Reintegration

Jennifer Klein and Danielle Cooper

Chapter 12: Making It on the Outside: Reintegration Challenges of Girls and Women of Color

Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko

Chapter 13: Wrongful Convictions

Kaitlyn Clarke and Philip D. McCormack

Chapter 14: Future Directions/Best Practices

Lindsey Vigesaa

Case Study 14A: Desistance from Crime During Reintegration

Kecia R. Johnson and Dave C. May