what we do
crime and offending
Some of the most vulnerable young women in society are trapped in a vicious circle of crime, violence and offending. This has to stop.
Women who offend are disproportionately more likely to have been abused or experienced violence. They are over five times more likely to have mental health problems than women in the general population.
Why do women offend?
Offending is often linked to poverty, disengagement from education, mental health problems, substance misuse, violence, abuse, family breakdown and social exclusion.
Women often use alcohol to mask problems. Alcohol can lead women to commit crimes, it can aggravate violence and reduce a woman’s ability to judge risk.
Girls in gangs are often socially excluded, and are at risk of violence, sexual abuse and being drawn into a downward spiral of increasingly serious crimes.
Working with offenders and those at risk
Platform 51’s early intervention and prevention helps women to break the cycle of offending and re-offending. Read more about our remarkable Chrysalis programme.
fact
84% of women in prison left school at 16 or younger
quote
"Platform 51's workers, without exception, forge meaningful relationships of trust with some very damaged young women and are extremely committed in what they do."
Probation officer, Doncaster Probation Services
we think
...young women who are at risk of offending need early intervention to help break the cycle of offending behaviour before things get worse
fact
Women in custody are more than five times more likely to have mental health problems than women in the general population
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