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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University of Jyväskylä
Salovaara Ulla
Publication type
Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Compendium
Article type
Other article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Non Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
B2 Book sectionPublication channel information
Journal
Routledge Advances in Social Work
Parent publication name
Parent publication editors
Kuronen, Marjo; Virokannas, Elina; Salovaara, Ulla
Publisher
Routledge
Pages
84-95
ISBN
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