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Links from the book:

www.asc41.com/dir4/
The American Society of Criminology has a Division on Women and Crime. It developed out of the growing interest in the study of gender and women as offenders, victims, and criminal justice professionals. The website provides links to a wide range of relevant websites.

www.crimeinfo.org.uk
Developed by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, this website contains an abundance of material about crime and responses to it. It includes fact sheets on women (including young women) and crime and domestic violence plus autobiographical accounts by male and female offenders.

www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
The Fawcett Society is a leading organization campaigning for equality between women and men. The website details its work on women and justice and its efforts to obtain better treatment for women as victims, offenders, and criminal justice professionals.

www.womeninprison.org.uk
Women in Prison was set up in 1983 by a ex-prisoner as a campaign group. The website outlines the work it does providing welfare and education advice to women in prison and post-release and its work educating the public and policy-makers about women in the criminal justice system and promoting alternatives to custody.

www.justice.gov.uk/publications/womencriminaljusticesystem.htm
The Ministry of Justice website includes an annual report which brings together data produced by a range of criminal justice agencies relating to the experiences of women within the criminal justice system.

Further links of interest:

United Kingdom

The 'Girls and Violence' website:
www.gla.ac.uk/girlsandviolence/
Grew out of a research project at Glasgow University. The project is a study of girls and their views about violence and violent behaviour and explores girls' views and experiences of violence as observers, victims and/or perpetrators.

Crime and Policing: Domestic Violence:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/domesticviolence/index.html
Home Office site which gives information about current policy on domestic violence. Links to documents and also suggests useful links and publications. U.K. based.

Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE):
www.wave-network.org/start.asp?b=5&sub=12&showmenu=yes&ID=9
WAVE is the European network of non-governmental women's organisations working to combat violence against women and children. The project is funded by the European Commission DAPHNE programme. It is an excellent source of information on women's organisations and also has a searchable database of useful articles.

Women in Prison: a Thematic Review by HM Inspector of Prisons (1997):
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs/wippref.htm
This site contains the full text of the report which was published in 1997 as ISBN 1858939011. It provides a snapshot of the current women’s prison population and examines the treatment and conditions experienced by women offenders in Britain’s prison system.

Home Office: Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs):
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/sexualoffences/referralcentres.html

Commonwealth

Government Services for Women (Australia):
www.women.gov.au/
Also known as the “Women’s Portal”, aims to improve access to government information and services by providing a single website from which these online resources can be searched and accessed. It provides a directory of these resources, which is intended to simplify the process of locating government information.

United States

Feminist Majority Foundation:
www.feminist.org/
Provides a comprehensive body of links and resources on all aspects of feminism.

International Center for Research on Women:
www.icrw.org/
Created in 1976 to fill gaps in understanding the complex realities of women's lives and their role in development. The site has special sections on v iolence against women and women's rights.

Prostitutes Education Network:
www.bayswan.org/what_is.html
An information service about legislative and cultural issues as they effect prostitutes and other sex workers.

Women's Legal History Biography Project:
www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/
A collection of educational materials, recording the history, lives and careers of pioneering women lawyers in the US.

Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy:
www.law.duke.edu/journals/djglp/
The Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, was established in 1994. It is an interdisciplinary publication devoted to discussion and consideration of gender issues in the context of law and public policy. Articles are in full text.