female offenders    Document that sets out the Scottish
Government’s response to the Commission on Women Offenders. In
April 2012, the Commission on Women Offenders published its
report based on a comprehensive review of the criminal justice
system in Scotland.  The Commission recommended actions that
will improve outcomes for women involved in that system and
reduce their reoffending.  Briefing that presents key findings
of research which evaluated the Time for Change Young Women’s
Project, a community-based intensive support service for young
women and girls aged 14 to 17 years at high risk of being drawn
into secure care and custodial detention.    Report that begins
by considering how the female prison population has increased,
why this has happened and what the consequences have been. This
is followed by a review of the way the Labour government sought
to reduce the number of women going to prison and the very
limited impact its policies had in practice.  The report
concludes by considering what the curr