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1|Contents|7
1|Editors and Contributors|9
1|List of Tables|14
1|1 Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo|15
2|References|24
1|Part I Women as Victims and Offenders|26
1|2 Rape Myths in the Criminal Justice System|27
2|Introduction|27
2|Rape Myths|28
2|The Legal Framework, Consent and Rape Myths in Court|30
3|Legal Professionals’ Attitudes and Practice|33
3|The Impact of Rape Myths on Juror Decision-Making|35
3|Complainants’ Experiences of Court|39
2|Efforts to Challenge Rape Myths in the Courtroom|40
3|What Has Been Done?|41
3|Crown Prosecution Service|41
4|Judicial Studies Board|42
3|Evaluating the Efforts of the CPS and Judicial Studies Board|43
2|Where Do We Go from Here?|45
2|Conclusions|46
2|References|48
1|3 False Allegations of Sexual Violence: The Reality|54
2|Introduction|54
2|Newspaper Reporting of False Allegations and Rape Prosecutions|58
2|False Allegations and Misunderstandings Surrounding Rape|61
2|Prosecuting False Allegations|65
2|Conclusion|73
2|References|75
1|4 Domestic Abuse: Predicting, Assessing and Responding to Risk in the Criminal Justice System and Beyond|78
2|Introduction|78
3|Defining Domestic Abuse|79
3|Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse|80
2|Predicting Domestic Abuse in Essex|86
3|Individual, Family, and Interpersonal-Level Risk|88
3|Neighbourhood Level|89
2|Improving Police Responses to Domestic Abuse|90
3|Policing Domestic Violence—Risk|91
3|Policing Domestic Abuse—Professional Practice|94
2|A Women’s Sector and Criminal Justice System Alliance: A Strategy Against Domestic Abuse|96
3|Specialist Domestic Violence Courts|98
2|Conclusion|101
2|References|102
1|5 Criminalising Neonaticide: Reflections on Law and Practice in England and Wales|106
2|Introduction|106
2|What Is Neonaticide?|108
2|Criminalising ‘Neonaticide’|111
3|The Born Alive Rule|112
3|Criminalising Neglect|113
3|Impact of Mental State on Mental Fault Requirements|116
2|Criminal Justice Practice in Cases of Neonaticide|118
2|The Neonaticidal Woman and the Criminal Justice System—Some Reflections|120
2|References|124
1|6 Understanding Violent Women|129
2|Introduction|129
2|Women Who Kill|134
2|Women as Child Sexual Abusers|137
2|Understanding Gender Norms|140
2|Conclusion|142
2|References|145
1|Part II The Criminal Justice System: Failing or Improving?|150
1|7 Sentencing Women in the Transformed Probation Landscape|151
2|Introduction|151
2|Gender and Sentencing|152
2|Policy and Legislative Developments|156
2|Methods and Data|160
2|Findings|161
3|Sentencing Women Differently?|161
3|Developments Under the Offender Rehabilitation Act|163
3|Knowledge of Gender-Specific Provision|164
3|The Suitability of Unpaid Work Requirements|167
2|Reflection Points|169
2|References|172
1|8 Why Training Is Not Improving the Police Response to Sexual Violence Against Women: A Glimpse into the ‘Black Box’ of Police Training|175
2|Introduction|175
2|Training as the Solution?|178
2|Understanding Police Training in Practice|179
3|Handing Down the Craft|179
3|Insulation from Academic Evidence and Scrutiny|180
3|Reproducing Localised Organisational Procedure|182
3|The Status of Training Within the Organisation|183
2|Police-Academic Co-production of SOIT Training|183
2|A Review of Sexual Assault Liaison Officer Training|185
3|Co-producing Sexual Assault Liaison Officer Training|186
2|Conceptualising Police Training: Craft vs. Science|187
2|Improving Complex Decision-Making Through Training|188
2|Concluding Remarks|190
2|References|192
1|9 Why Focus on Reducing Women’s Imprisonment?|195
2|Introduction|195
2|Background|196
2|Objectives of the Transforming Lives Programme|197
2|Women’s Imprisonment—An Overview|198
2|Gender Differences in Offending, Offenders and Imprisonment|200
3|Abuse and Coercive Relationships|200
3|Economic Disadvantage as a Driver|202
3|Gendered Impacts of Imprisonment|203
3|Mothers in Prison|206
3|Sentencing of Mothers|207
2|Mind the Gap—Between Rhetoric and Reality|208
2|Recognising the Links: Early Intervention|212
2|What Works: The Role of Women’s Centres and Gender-Specific Services|215
3|Closure of HMP Holloway and the Unmet Need for Women’s Services|216
2|Conclusion—Political Will Needed to Deliver Women’s Justice|217
2|References|219
1|10 Women, Crime and Criminal Justice: Tales of Two Cities|228
2|Introduction|229
2|Tale 1: A City of Positive Developments and Optimism|231
2|Tale 2: A More Gloomy City|236
3|A Selective Gaze|239
2|Concluding Reflections|244
2|References|247
1|Erratum to: Women and the Criminal Justice System|252
2|Erratum to: E. Milne et al. (eds.), Women and the Criminal Justice System, <ExternalRef><RefSource>https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1</RefSource><RefTarget TargetType="URL" Address="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1"/></ExternalRef>|252
1|Index|253
1|Editors and Contributors|9
1|List of Tables|14
1|1 Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo|15
2|References|24
1|Part I Women as Victims and Offenders|26
1|2 Rape Myths in the Criminal Justice System|27
2|Introduction|27
2|Rape Myths|28
2|The Legal Framework, Consent and Rape Myths in Court|30
3|Legal Professionals’ Attitudes and Practice|33
3|The Impact of Rape Myths on Juror Decision-Making|35
3|Complainants’ Experiences of Court|39
2|Efforts to Challenge Rape Myths in the Courtroom|40
3|What Has Been Done?|41
3|Crown Prosecution Service|41
4|Judicial Studies Board|42
3|Evaluating the Efforts of the CPS and Judicial Studies Board|43
2|Where Do We Go from Here?|45
2|Conclusions|46
2|References|48
1|3 False Allegations of Sexual Violence: The Reality|54
2|Introduction|54
2|Newspaper Reporting of False Allegations and Rape Prosecutions|58
2|False Allegations and Misunderstandings Surrounding Rape|61
2|Prosecuting False Allegations|65
2|Conclusion|73
2|References|75
1|4 Domestic Abuse: Predicting, Assessing and Responding to Risk in the Criminal Justice System and Beyond|78
2|Introduction|78
3|Defining Domestic Abuse|79
3|Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse|80
2|Predicting Domestic Abuse in Essex|86
3|Individual, Family, and Interpersonal-Level Risk|88
3|Neighbourhood Level|89
2|Improving Police Responses to Domestic Abuse|90
3|Policing Domestic Violence—Risk|91
3|Policing Domestic Abuse—Professional Practice|94
2|A Women’s Sector and Criminal Justice System Alliance: A Strategy Against Domestic Abuse|96
3|Specialist Domestic Violence Courts|98
2|Conclusion|101
2|References|102
1|5 Criminalising Neonaticide: Reflections on Law and Practice in England and Wales|106
2|Introduction|106
2|What Is Neonaticide?|108
2|Criminalising ‘Neonaticide’|111
3|The Born Alive Rule|112
3|Criminalising Neglect|113
3|Impact of Mental State on Mental Fault Requirements|116
2|Criminal Justice Practice in Cases of Neonaticide|118
2|The Neonaticidal Woman and the Criminal Justice System—Some Reflections|120
2|References|124
1|6 Understanding Violent Women|129
2|Introduction|129
2|Women Who Kill|134
2|Women as Child Sexual Abusers|137
2|Understanding Gender Norms|140
2|Conclusion|142
2|References|145
1|Part II The Criminal Justice System: Failing or Improving?|150
1|7 Sentencing Women in the Transformed Probation Landscape|151
2|Introduction|151
2|Gender and Sentencing|152
2|Policy and Legislative Developments|156
2|Methods and Data|160
2|Findings|161
3|Sentencing Women Differently?|161
3|Developments Under the Offender Rehabilitation Act|163
3|Knowledge of Gender-Specific Provision|164
3|The Suitability of Unpaid Work Requirements|167
2|Reflection Points|169
2|References|172
1|8 Why Training Is Not Improving the Police Response to Sexual Violence Against Women: A Glimpse into the ‘Black Box’ of Police Training|175
2|Introduction|175
2|Training as the Solution?|178
2|Understanding Police Training in Practice|179
3|Handing Down the Craft|179
3|Insulation from Academic Evidence and Scrutiny|180
3|Reproducing Localised Organisational Procedure|182
3|The Status of Training Within the Organisation|183
2|Police-Academic Co-production of SOIT Training|183
2|A Review of Sexual Assault Liaison Officer Training|185
3|Co-producing Sexual Assault Liaison Officer Training|186
2|Conceptualising Police Training: Craft vs. Science|187
2|Improving Complex Decision-Making Through Training|188
2|Concluding Remarks|190
2|References|192
1|9 Why Focus on Reducing Women’s Imprisonment?|195
2|Introduction|195
2|Background|196
2|Objectives of the Transforming Lives Programme|197
2|Women’s Imprisonment—An Overview|198
2|Gender Differences in Offending, Offenders and Imprisonment|200
3|Abuse and Coercive Relationships|200
3|Economic Disadvantage as a Driver|202
3|Gendered Impacts of Imprisonment|203
3|Mothers in Prison|206
3|Sentencing of Mothers|207
2|Mind the Gap—Between Rhetoric and Reality|208
2|Recognising the Links: Early Intervention|212
2|What Works: The Role of Women’s Centres and Gender-Specific Services|215
3|Closure of HMP Holloway and the Unmet Need for Women’s Services|216
2|Conclusion—Political Will Needed to Deliver Women’s Justice|217
2|References|219
1|10 Women, Crime and Criminal Justice: Tales of Two Cities|228
2|Introduction|229
2|Tale 1: A City of Positive Developments and Optimism|231
2|Tale 2: A More Gloomy City|236
3|A Selective Gaze|239
2|Concluding Reflections|244
2|References|247
1|Erratum to: Women and the Criminal Justice System|252
2|Erratum to: E. Milne et al. (eds.), Women and the Criminal Justice System, <ExternalRef><RefSource>https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1</RefSource><RefTarget TargetType="URL" Address="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1"/></ExternalRef>|252
1|Index|253