Recent publications

• All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System  (2011) Women in the penal system: Second report on women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, London, Howard League.

• Banks, J. (2011) ‘Foreign National Prisoners in the UK: Explanations and Implications’, How Jnl 50:2,  184-98.

• Edgar, K. (2010) A Fair Response:  developing responses to racist incidents that earn the confidence of black and minority ethnic prisoners, London PRT.

• FPWP/Hibiscus (2010)  Annual Report 2009/10, London, FPWP

• Hedderman, C. (2010) ‘Government policy on women offenders: Labour’s legacy and the Coalition’s challenge, Punishment and Society 12:4, 485-500.

• HM Inspectorate of Prisons (2010) Women in Prison: A Short Thematic Review, London, HMIP

• HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (2011)  Annual Report 2010-11, London HMIP.

• Ministry of Justice (2011) Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin April-June 2011 England and Wales, London, Ministry of Justice.

• Ministry of Justice (2011) Equalities Annual Report 2011-2011, London Ministry of Justice

• Hedderman, C., Gunby, C.. and Shelton, N. (2011) ‘What women want: the   importance of qualitative approaches in evaluating work with women offenders’ Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11:1, 3-19.

• Malloch, M. and McIvor, G. (2011)  ‘Women and community sentences’,  Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11:4, 325-44.

• Ministry of Justice (2010) Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System, London, Ministry of Justice

• Renzetti, C.M. (2012) Feminist Criminology, London Routledge.

• Sheehan, R., McIvor, G. and Trotter, C. (eds) (2010) Working with Women Offenders in the Community. London, Routledge

Gender issues in prison:

• B.Crewe (October 2006) 'Male prisoners; orientation towards female officers in an English prison', Punishment and Society Vol 8(4) pp395-421. [This article gives an interesting discussion of gender dynamics within the prison context.]

• Protocol 12: see http://www.humanrights.coe.int/Prot12/Protocol%2012%20and%20Exp%20Rep.htm

  Protocol 12 to the European Convention states that:
  1. The enjoyment of any right set forth by law shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status.
  2. No one shall be discriminated against by any public authority on any ground such as those mentioned in paragraph 1.
  This gives individuals a free standing right not to be discriminated against, so it gives more protection that Article 14 which gives the right to non-discrimination only in relation to the enjoyment of rights under the Convention. However, the UK government has not yet signed or ratified Protocol 12.

Racial issues in prison:

• Bhui, H.S. (2005) 'Racial equality in prisons' Probation Journal Vol 52, 80-82.

• Commission for Racial Equality (2003) A Formal Investigation by the CRE into HM Prison Service, England and Wales, Part I, The Murder of Zahid Mubarek; Part II, Racial Equality in Prisons. London, CRE

• HM Prison Service/CRE (2003) Implementing Race Equality in Prisons: a shared agenda for change, London.

• HM Prison Service (2007), The Prison Service Associate Race Equality Scheme, Annual Report 2007-2007, NOMS.

• Keith, B. (2006) Report of the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry, HC 1082. London, The Stationery Office.

• Leonidas K. Cheliotis and Alison Liebling (2006) 'Race Matters in British Prisons: Towards a Research Agenda' Br J Criminology Vol 46: 286-317.

• NACRO (2000) Race and Prisons. London, NACRO.

• NACRO (2003) Race and Prisons: where are we now? London, NACRO.

• NACRO (2004) Barriers to Equality: challenges in tracking black and minority ethnic defendants through the criminal justice system. London, NACRO.

Religious issues

• HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (2010) Muslim Prisoners’ Experiences: A Thematic Review, London, HMIP.

Rights

• Lazarus, L. (2004) Contrasting Prisoners' Rights: A Comparative Examination of England and Germany. Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Women in prison

• Carlen, P. (1998) Sledgehammer: Women's Imprisonment at the Millenium. London, Macmillan.

• Carlen (ed.) P. (2002) Women and Punishment: the struggle for justice, Cullompton, Willan.

• Hedderman, C. and Gelsthorpe, L. (1997) Understanding the Sentencing of Women.

• HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (1997) Women in Prison: A Thematic Review, London, HMSO

• Heidensohn, F. (ed) (Oct 2006) Gender and Justice. Cullompton: Willan.

• HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (2001) Follow up to Women in Prison: A Thematic Review. London. Home Office.

• Home Office (2004) Women's Offending Reduction Programme London Home Office

• Home Office (2007) The Corston Report: a review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, London, Home Office

• Imprisonment Data: Most recent European COE Statistics on Convicted Prisoners, Remand Prisoners, Women Imprisonment, Youth Imprisonment et al. The 2007 Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE I), prepared by Marcelo F. Aebi and Natalia Delgrande, are currently available on the Council of Europe’s Website:
  http://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/STANDARDSETTING/PRISONS/default_en.asp

• Player, E. (2005) 'The reduction of women's imprisonment in England and Wales', Punishment and Society (2005) 7(4) 419-439

• Prison Reform Trust (2000) Justice for Women: the Need for Reform. London Prison Reform Trust (Wedderburn Report).

• Sheehan, R. et al (2007) What Works With Women Offenders, Cullompton: Willan.