Criminal justice is a highly gendered arena. As criminal activity is overwhelmingly a male pre-occupation, organisational responses to it have been (though often implicitly) dominated by gender considerations. Women have always played a significant role in both the care and control of offenders, particularly in the community, but their careers in corrective services have been heavily circumscribed until relatively recently.
In the centenary year of International Women’s Day, Emerita Professor Anne Worrall explores the history and present day place of women who work in statutory and voluntary corrective services, drawing on her two current UK research projects on probation officer cultures and ‘one-stop shop’ provision for women offenders. The annual Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture is a partnership arrangement between the Australian Association of Social Workers, The University of Western Australia and Department for Communities - Women’s Interests, Western Australia. The Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture is held annually to commemorate the life and achievements of Grace Vaughan who died in 1984. She was a social worker, social activist and parliamentarian who was dedicated to the improvement of life at all levels and had a deep commitment to Australia’s participation in the Asian region and to ensuring women’s full participation in society. This is a free public lecture, All Welcome. RSVP: Please RSVP your attendance to [email protected] by 7 March 2011.
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