Critical Issues

Trafficking and Prostitution

The Intersection between Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and Victimization Among Justice Involved Women (Webinar)

The Intersection between Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and Victimization Among Justice Involved Women (Handout)

State Court Snapshot: New York State’s Human Trafficking Intervention Courts

Prostitution Diversion Programs  

The Intersection of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking

Identifying and Responding to Sex Trafficking: A Guide for the Courts 

Integrating Procedural Justice in Domestic Violence Cases

CATCH (Changing Actions to Change Habits) (Franklin County, Ohio, Municipal Court): Program Description 

CATCH—Changing Actions to Change Habits: Preliminary Report of an Evaluation Study of a Problem-Solving Court for Prostitutes, Drug Offenders, and Victims of Human Trafficking

CATCH Court (Video)

Women in Pretrial

Moving Beyond Incarceration for Women in Massachusetts: The Necessity of Bail/Pretrial Reform

Use of Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners

NRCJIW Use of Restraints Resource Page

Reproductive Injustice: The State of Reproductive Health Care for Women in New York State Prisons

Stop Shackling: A Report Written on the Policies of California’s Counties on the Use of Restraints on Pregnant Women in Labor

Women and Violence

Women’s Experiences of Abuse as a Risk Factor for Incarceration·

Justice Involved Women and Domestic Violence, Presentation Slides, 10-16-2014

Arresting Victims: The Unintended Consequences of Pro Arrest Policies for Women and Girls (Webinar)

The Impact of Arrest and Convictions on Battered Women

From Protection to Punishment: Post-Conviction Barriers to Justice for Domestic Violence Survivor-Defendants in New York State, 2011

When Victims of Battering Return to the Community after Jail or Prison

Fact Sheet on Domestic Violence and the Criminalization of Survival

Working With Women Who Perpetrate Violence: A Practice Guide, 2014

Best Practice Toolkit for Working With Domestic Violence Survivors with Criminal Histories

National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence

Survived and Punished Project Resources

Coalition for Women Prisoners Memo in Support of the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act

From Protection to Punishment: Post Conviction Barriers to Justice for Domestic Violence Survivor-Defendants in New York State

Experiences of Interpersonal Violence and Criminal Legal Control : A Mixed Method Analysis

Incarcerated Mothers and their Children

Parents Behind Bars: What Happens to their Children

Through the Eyes of a Child: Life with a Mother in Prison

Mothers in Prison: The Impact of Incarceration on Motherhood

Childhood Disrupted: Understanding the Features and Effects of Maternal Incarceration

Children of Incarcerated Parents

Incarcerated Parents and their Children

Children on the Outside: Voicing the Pain and Human Costs of Parental Incarceration

The Effects of Parental Incarceration on Children: Needs and Responsive Services

Women and Drugs

Women in Prison

Women and the War on Drugs

Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families

Drugs and Crime: A Study of Incarcerated Female Offenders

A Comparison of Substance Abuse Among Female Offender Subtypes

Female Offender Drug Use and Related Issues

Drugs and criminality: Results from the Texas women inmates study

Substance use, criminality, and social support:  An exploratory analysis with incarcerated women