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Gendering Desistance Wednesday 4 th December 2013

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Gendering Desistance Wednesday 4 th December 2013

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  1. Gendering Desistance Wednesday 4th December 2013 • Background • Desistance is a relatively new but growing area of academic interest. Research into desistance has tended to focus on the experiences of persistent male offenders, particularly those who commit volume crimes such as robbery or burglary. While recent studies have acknowledged gender as a variable, they rarely explore the gendered nature of an offender's life course or criminal career. As a result, little is known about women offenders or of the masculinities of men who commit violence against women. • This half day seminar explores importance of adopting a 'gendered' lens through which to examine desistance and considers the potential benefits to policy and practice of adopting a more critical frame. The seminar provides an opportunity to build a conceptual bridge for both theoretical and practice based work. It also provides a forum within which Academics and Practitioners can establish a dialogue on current and future research, policy and practice agendas. The conference is free and will include a conference lunch, tea and coffee. • Themes explored include: • The importance of adopting a 'gendered' lens in considering desistance • The role of gender in understanding the desistance of male perpetrators of violence against women • Gendered desistance in the narratives of women exiting prostitution • Exploring desistance in practice: lessons from women's centres/ services

  2. Gendering Desistance Wednesday 4th December 2013 Session Outline 9.30am Welcome Dr Marisa Silvestri, Reader in Criminology, Crime and Criminal Justice Research Group, LSBU 9.40am Karen Evans, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool Hearing the socially silenced: What women can tell us about desistance 10.10am Helen Easton, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Department of Social Sciences, LSBU Exiting Prostitution: A Gendered Narrative? 10.40am Lisa Young, Eaves Gendering Provision for Women Offenders 11.00am Q&A led by Ann Hamilton 11.30am Tea and Coffee 11.50pm Kerry Lee, Research Fellow, London Metropolitan University Desistance and Domestic Violence: Undoing Gender? 12.20pm Deb Willis, Hampton Trust, Gendering programmes for young people 12.40pm Q&A led by Ann Hamilton 1.20pm Closing Comments - Dr Marisa Silvestri 1.30pm Lunch and Networking

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