Women empowerment is the felt need of the sociologists, social workers, criminologists, the Government and the welfare organizations. In this context correction of women criminals in the social work philosophy may help the fallen women to lead a socially purposeful life. In this book criminality of women is extensively analyzed in sociological and social work perspective. The criminals are classified under various patterns such as murderers and non-murderers, crime involving victim and non-victim, crime against person, property and morality, convicts and under trials and short term and long term prisoners. An analysis has been made with available variables on the above said pattern. The books also probes into the prison system, facilities available and especially how effective is the prison life in correcting the fallen women. The study also extended its scope by adding about their future plan after release. Suitable rehabilitative measures both inside the prison – for the deviant women and outside – for the family is crucial and important in order to curb the problem from its root cause. This book is a rich source of interest to the professional social workers, correctional workers, and scholar of correctional social work, sociology, criminology, anthropology and women studies. This book is also very much useful to Welfare officials, Non Governmental Organization (NGOs), women movements, women organizations, police officials, prison reformers and everybody those who are interested in women and deviance.
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