Just Therapy for women leaving prison
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prison, women leaving prison, m?ori women, pasifika women, Just Therapy, therapy,Abstract
Women leaving prison and attempting to establish themselves in the community, generally do not receive a warm welcome by society and are traditionally not well served by therapeutic and social services in New Zealand. Their oppressed place in the wider society is entrenched by systems of patriarchy, power and privilege, while the high proportion of Māori and also Pacific Island women will be additionally disadvantaged, having to contend with dominant Western society structures. I will outline this group’s place in the community, analysing why services have failed to reach them in the past. I will then describe changes that would occur through applying the principles of Just Therapy and ways that a Just service could be delivered.References
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