Easteal describes the extra pressure women from a non English speaking background may face when they find themselves … imprisoned. These women experience difficulties with the prison culture which may cause shock and distress; language difficulties … to increase the isolation and stresses for NESB women incarcerated in Victorian prisons …

violence with all patients, and referral of women disclosing violence to an on-site advocacy service. An “assumption querying …This paper reports on an evaluation of a domestic violence intervention in the maternity and sexual health services of … service providers and patients, review of patient records, and pre- and post-training questionnaires. Domestic violence …

Young women formed only a small minority of those convicted of gang-related crimes of violence in the Manchester … commentators in viewing young women as marginal figures in the local gang conflicts, but also seem to have shared a broader … Victorian perception of women as more malleable creatures than men …