Women in the Criminal Justice System: International examples & national responses

Abstract

The workshop Women in the Criminal Justice System was held during the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. The workshop was divided into four modules: Women as offenders and prisoners, Women as victims and survivors, Women in the criminal justice system, and Research and policy issues. The workshop was organized by HEUNI in co-operation with the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR&CJP), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD).