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Incarcerated women, welfare services and the process of re-entering society in Finland (2021)
Salovaara, Ulla (2021). Incarcerated women, welfare services and the process of re-entering society in Finland. In Kuronen, Marjo; Virokannas, Elina; Salovaara, Ulla (Eds.) Women, Vulnerabilities and Welfare Service Systems, Routledge Advances in Social Work. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 84-95. DOI: 10.4324/9780429276910-9
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Salovaara, Ulla
Parent publication: Women, Vulnerabilities and Welfare Service Systems
Parent publication editors: Kuronen, Marjo; Virokannas, Elina; Salovaara, Ulla
ISBN: 978-0-367-22802-6
eISBN: 978-0-429-27691-0
Journal or series: Routledge Advances in Social Work
Publication year: 2021
Pages range: 84-95
Number of pages in the book: 186
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: Abingdon, Oxon
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429276910-9
Open Access: Publication channel is not openly available
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/72194
Abstract
The pathways in and out of crime differ according to gender, people’s life histories, social situations and networks. Before being sentenced, many women have been living in vulnerable and traumatic life situations and violent relationships. Substance abuse often plays a crucial role in committing crimes. Being released from prison and re-entering society is a process that requires women’s own motivation to desist along with help and support from society. This chapter shows how women narrate and describe their experiences after being released from prison and especially how they report the ways in which the welfare system responds to their needs. They discussed their needs for support and services, how they saw the logic of the service system and whether and how they managed to get the services they needed. Being released from prison leads women to a situation with complex and multiple needs, which is challenging the welfare system’s ability to help them.
Keywords: welfare services; social services; women; woman's status; prisons; prisoners; released prisoners; social policy; adaptation (change); societal policy
Contributing organizations
Related projects
- Transforming welfare service system from the standpoint of women in vulnerable life situations
- Kuronen, Marjo
- Academy of Finland
Ministry reporting: Yes
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