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The Griffins Society Research Listings

Welcome to the Griffins Society Research Archive. This archive contains the findings of research from over 30 years of research by criminal justice practitioners into the treatment of women and girls in criminal justice, supported by the charity, The Griffins Society.

 
 

About The Griffins Society

The Griffins Society closed its doors in 2024, but was a national charity, dedicated to sponsoring indicative research into the treatment of women and girls in criminal justice. Why just women? Put simply, because equality of treatment does not ensure equality of outcomes. The society championed the importance of gender-specific responses in a system still predominantly designed for dealing with male offenders. They adopted a bottom-up approach, encouraging practitioners working with women to apply to the society for support to undertake small scale research projects on issues they had identified from the front-line. The research sponsored was also predominantly qualitative rather than quantitative, in order to give a voice to the women themselves - a voice that is still too often absent. Although small scale, these research findings were often timely and indicative - shining a light on practice and policy and serving as a catalyst for change.

 
 
 
 
Research by subject
  • All
  • Art/Culture
  • Attachment Theory
  • Breach/Recall
  • Compliance
  • Desistance
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drugs/Addiction
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Gangs
  • Gender specific
  • Health/Mental health
  • Homelessness/Accommodation
  • Mother and baby units
  • Motherhood
  • Older women
  • Parole
  • Probation
  • Relationships
  • Resettlement
  • Restorative justice
  • Rural
  • Sentencing
  • Sex worker/Sex working
  • Volunteering
  • Young women
Probation officers' accounts of practice with women convicted of intimate partner violence (IPV) towards men

Authors: Gareth Hole
Published: 2016

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All, Domestic Violence, Gender specific, Probation, Relationships, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley11 November 2024
Time after Time: A study of women's transitions from custody

Authors: Jean O'Neill
Published: 2016

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All, Desistance, Relationships, Resettlement, Rural, Sentencing, Homelessness/Accommodation, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley10 November 2024
Missing Voices: Why women engage with, or withdraw from, community sentences

Authors: Sue Jordan
Published: 2013

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All, Compliance, Probation, Breach/Recall, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley9 November 2024
Restorative Justice: Female offenders in Restorative Justice Conferences

Authors: Rosie Miles
Published: 2013

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All, Restorative justiceRichard Rowley8 November 2024
Is there a difference in the perception of risk: between IPP prisoners and members of the parole board

Authors: Dawn McAleenan
Published: 2012

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All, ParoleRichard Rowley7 November 2024
Moving forward: empowering women to desist from offending

Authors: Shelly-Ann McDermott
Published: 2012

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All, Compliance, Desistance, SentencingRichard Rowley6 November 2024
Sentencing women: Considering the factors that influence decision-making through interviews with sentencers & probation officers

Authors: Matina Marougka
Published: 2012

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All, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/Addiction, Sex worker/Sex workingRichard Rowley5 November 2024
'Score, smoke, back on the beat': an exploration of the impact of homelessness on exiting street sex working in Manchester

Authors: Louise Sandwith
Published: 2011

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All, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/Addiction, Sex worker/Sex workingRichard Rowley4 November 2024
Seeing differently: working with girls affected by gangs

Authors: Jessica Southgate
Published: 2011

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All, Gangs, Young womenRichard Rowley3 November 2024
Exploring the experiences of minority ethnic women in resettlement: what role if any, does ethnic culture play in the resettlement of Black (African-Caribbean) women offenders in the UK?

Authors: Elizabeth Owens
Published: 2010

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All, Resettlement, Ethnic minoritiesRichard Rowley2 November 2024
What Judges think about prostitution - assessing the considerations & measures employed by members of the judiciary for sentencing women who sell sex

Authors: Helen Atkins
Published: 2010

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All, Sentencing, Sex worker/Sex workingRichard Rowley1 November 2024
'A two-way process': women offenders, personality, power and partnerships

Authors: Pip Tibbetts
Published: 2009

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All, Relationships, Sex worker/Sex workingRichard Rowley31 October 2024
'Double invisibility': recalled and female and forgotten in the Criminal Justice System?

Authors: Rosie Deedes
Published: 2009

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All, Relationships, Breach/RecallRichard Rowley30 October 2024
An evaluation of The Freedom Programme: a prison support programme for women who have experienced domestic violence

Authors: Lucy Watkins
Published: 2009

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All, Domestic Violence, Relationships, Ethnic minoritiesRichard Rowley29 October 2024
Is Attachment Theory & the concept of a 'Secure Base' relevant to supporting women during the process of resettlement? Observations from The Women's Turnaround Project, Cardiff

Authors: Leeanne Plechowicz
Published: 2009

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All, Relationships, Resettlement, Attachment TheoryRichard Rowley28 October 2024
The sustainability of gender-specific provision in the Youth Justice System

Authors: Sue Mathews and Cath Smith
Published: 2009

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All, Gender specific, Young womenRichard Rowley27 October 2024
A woman's place? Identifying the needs of female drug users and responses in drug treatment policy and practice

Authors: Patricia Trehan
Published: 2008

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All, Desistance, Drugs/Addiction, Health/Mental healthRichard Rowley26 October 2024
Volunteering for all? A qualitative study of women ex-offenders' experience of volunteering

Authors: Clare Taylor
Published: 2008

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All, Employment, VolunteeringRichard Rowley25 October 2024
Arts intervention with female offenders

Authors: Carlotta Goulden
Published: 2007

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All, Education, Art/CultureRichard Rowley24 October 2024
Female offenders in a rural environment: access to community support agencies

Authors: Fiona Perez
Published: 2007

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All, Resettlement, Rural, Homelessness/Accommodation, Drugs/AddictionRichard Rowley23 October 2024
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