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Incarcerated women, welfare services and the process of re-entering society in Finland

Year of publication

2021

Authors

Salovaara, Ulla

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.
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Organizations and authors

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Compendium

Article type

Other article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Non Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

B2 Book section

Publication channel information

Journal

Routledge Advances in Social Work

Parent publication editors

Kuronen, Marjo; Virokannas, Elina; Salovaara, Ulla

Publisher

Routledge

Pages

84-95

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

No

Self-archived

Yes

Other information

Fields of science

Social policy

Keywords

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Publication country

United Kingdom

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

No

Co-publication with a company

No

DOI

10.4324/9780429276910-9

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes