Author Identifier (ORCID)
Natalie Gately: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8687-9540
Abstract
Women are a minority of the prison population, however their number is increasing at a faster rate than is the case for men. Interviews with 80 incarcerated women in Western Australian prisons revealed similar pathways commencing with adverse childhood experiences and subsequent areas of deprivation, which reverberated throughout their lives, leading to criminal behavior and imprisonment. Describing these cycles of harm, we argue that, in addressing the increase of women in prison, there is a need to move away from the individual “offender-focused” approach and look at the broader systemic context that lets women down and contributes to their criminalization.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2025
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
83554
Funders
Western Australian Office of Crime Statistics and Research
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
Tubex, H., & Gately, N. (2025). Women’s pathways into prison: Cycles of harm. Women & Criminal Justice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2025.2532433