ABSTRACT
The chapter deals with the programs designed for female prisoners that intend to help imprisoned women overcome traumatizing experiences in an empowering way and to build their capacities to constructively respond to various challenges after release. It presents authors’ experiences in developing and implementing the pre-release program in the women’s prison in Serbia. The program was implemented by the Victimology Society of Serbia, as a part of its long-term support to battered women who commit crime. In the final part the authors give an assessment of this program from the point of view of both positive criminology and victimology.
