Petrillo, Madeline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2819-1366 (2021) "We've all got a big story:" experiences of a trauma-informed intervention in prison. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 60 (2). pp. 232-250. ISSN 2059-1098 (Print), 1468-2311 (Online) (doi:10.1111/hojo.12408)

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Abstract

This article examines women’s experiences of participating in ‘Healing Trauma’; a gender-responsive, trauma-informed intervention delivered in women’s prisons in England. Victimisation and trauma are prevalent among women in the justice system but are not perceived to be amenable to criminal justice intervention, and there are compelling arguments that correctional environments are inappropriate settings for trauma-informed programmes. This article analyses focus group discussions with women who completed Healing Trauma to examine the legitimacy of developing trauma-informed practice in prisons. The women’s testimonies indicate that Healing Trauma offers a meaningful opportunity to begin to explore past victimisation that has contributed to their criminalisation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	women, trauma, interventions, prisons
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform K Law > KD England and Wales
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Gender, Deviance & Society (GDS) Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC)
Last Modified:	03 May 2022 08:54
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/35997

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