Key Areas:
Education & Child Care
Economic Security
Mental Health
Youth and Adolescent Development
Gender Violence
Society & Leadership
Programs:
Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative
National SEED Project
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Open Circle
Work, Families and Children
A Strategic Plan for Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) for Women: Lessons from Abroad (2012)
Publications by title / Fact Sheets & Briefs
Achieving Gendered Justice Developing Substantive Research & Action Strategies for Justice-Involved Women (2015)
All Projects / Active Projects
Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI): Promising Practices in Massachusetts (2012)
Boston Globe: Getting Serious About Recovery Requires Special Consideration for Women (2019)
Recent Coverage / 2019
Criminal justice reform at pre-trial stage discussed at public meeting 11/13 (2013)
Earlier / 2013
Effects of Postsecondary Education on Low-income Women (2008)
All Projects / Archived Projects
Erika Kates, Ph. D.: Expanding Options for Female Offenders: A Project to Identify Community-Based Resources in Massachusetts (2010)
Audio / Audio Earlier
Erika Kates, Ph.D. (2007)
Active Researchers / Senior Scholars
Erika Kates, Ph.D., Joins Wellesley Centers for Women as Senior Research Scientist (2008)
Earlier / 2008
Executive Summary: Exploring Alternatives to Incarceration for Women in MA (2011)
Publications / Publications by title
For women convicts, state needs better alternatives to jail (2012)
Past years / 2012
Gender and Justice Project on Female Offenders (2009)
Higher Education for Low-Income Women: Advocacy at State and National Levels (1987)
Massachusetts Women’s Justice Network Activities and Advisory Group Members, 2011-2012 (2011)
Mothers Seeking Substance Abuse Services: Analysis Including Justice-Involved Women (2015)
Audio / Audio 2015
Moving Beyond Incarceration for Women in Massachusetts: The Necessity of Bail/Pretrial Reform (2015)
Moving Beyond Prisons: An Action Platform to Address Women's Needs in Massachusetts (2014)
Audio / Audio 2014
Overview of Key Concerns for Women Offenders and Projects, 2009-2012 (2009)
Pretrial Reform: The Potential Role of the Office of Community Corrections (OCC) for Justice-involved Women in Massachusetts (2015)
Promising Gender-Responsive, Community-Based Programs for Female Offenders in Massachusetts (2012)
Q & A with Erika Kates, Ph.D.: Building a Women's Justice Network in Massachusetts (2014)
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Report Spring/Summer 2014
Q&A with Erika Kates: A New Staff Partnership Studies Justice for Victims, Justice for Offenders, and Economic Justice (2008)
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Report Spring/Summer 2008
Report: Exploring Alternative to Incarceration for Women in MA (2011)
Response: Why Are So Many Black Women Dying of AIDS? (2015)
Opinion / 2015
Review of Massachusetts Corrections Master Plan (CMP): Focus on Women (2012)
Risk-Needs Assessments Appropriate for Women Offenders (2012)
The Massachusetts Women's Justice Network (2009)
Tracking Economic Inequities Among Women (2009)
Women in Prison and Family Connection (2003)
Women-Centered Training for Practitioners Working with Female Offenders (2012)
