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Counselling for Women Offenders

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Vincent
Date01 June 2000
AuthorStephanie Howlett
DOI10.1177/026455050004700229
Published date01 June 2000
Subject MatterArticles
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counsellor, currently working six hours
LETTERS per week.
Women can be referred by probation
officers or prison staff, or can refer
themselves. All women from Sheffield
receiving prison sentences are sent a letter
Counselling for Women
and leaflet informing them about the
Offenders
service and inviting them to apply.
Dear Editor,
Most of the women referred have
Over the last three years South Yorkshire
experienced multiple difficulties, sexual
Probation Service has been providing
and
a
physical abuse, early loss, and have
counselling service for their Sheffield-
histories of self harming, substance misuse
based
and
women
clients. The project is run as
early pregnancies. It poses particular
a contracted service provided by the
challenges to engage them in the
Sheffield Women’s Counselling and
counselling process.
Therapy Service, and based in their
I would very much like to hear from
accommodation, so is visibly separate
any other projects providing counselling
from the Probation Service.
specifically for clients within the Criminal
The service offers regular counselling
Justice System, to share experiences and
for Sheffield
ideas.
women serving sentences in...

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