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Imprisonment rates for women have increased significantly over the past few
years. This increase, relative to the trend for male prisoners, has
implications relating to the overall rise in prison populations and the
subsequent planning issues for prisons.

This paper aims to identify the factors that are contributing to this
greater increase in the rate for women prisoners (the reference period of
1995 to 2002 indicates a 60% increase in rate per 100,000 population) as
compared to male prisoners. The behavior and characteristics of female
prisoners, including the types of offences committed, prior imprisonment,
age and Indigenous status provide possible explanations. In addition,
changes in sentencing practice, such as whether women are being
treated more harshly than previously by the judiciary and whether more
unsentenced women are being held in prisons, could also shed some light on
the apparent trend. The United Kingdom has experienced similar increases
in women in pris...

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