Female Offenders: Gender Differences in Criminal Offense Characteristics

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Offense Characteristics

Gender Differences on the Road to Redemption

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Curcio ◽  
April Pattavina ◽  
William Fisher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
The Road ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
On The Road

Redemption research examines how much time must pass after a criminal offense before an offender is considered “redeemed.” This study adds to redemption research by using a nationally representative sample from the United States to determine whether years to redemption found in prior research replicate and will be the first to determine whether there are gender differences. We also explore factors that influence who makes it to the redemption point. Findings reveal that while men reach the redemption point after 10 years, women reach the redemption point after 4 years. Policy implications of these findings are discussed.

Gender Differences in the Transformation Narrative: Implications for Revised Reentry Strategies for Female Offenders

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 463-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryn A. Herrschaft ◽  
Bonita M. Veysey ◽  
Heather R. Tubman-Carbone ◽  
Johnna Christian
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Female Offenders

Gender differences in filicide offense characteristics—A comprehensive register-based study of child murder in two European countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 319-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Putkonen ◽  
Sabine Amon ◽  
Markku Eronen ◽  
Claudia M. Klier ◽  
Maria P. Almiron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Child Murder ◽  
Offense Characteristics

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Theory of Mind, Empathic Understanding, and Moral Reasoning in an Offending and a Matched Non-Offending Population

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2110102
Author(s):  
Karin A. Spenser ◽  
Ray Bull ◽  
Lucy Betts ◽  
Belinda Winder
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Empathic Understanding ◽  
Offending Behavior

Previous research suggests that a lack of pro-social skills is characteristic of an offending personality. Two hundred male and female offenders and matched controls completed measures to assess: Theory of Mind, empathic understanding, and moral reasoning. Significant differences between the offenders and the control group, as well as between the male and female participants, were detected in theory of mind, empathic understanding and moral reasoning with offenders scoring lower than the control group, and with males scoring lower than females on most tests. The ability to assess Theory of Mind, empathic understanding, and moral reasoning, and subsequently to identify reduced ability, is not only useful for researchers but will also allow practitioners to tailor existing (or develop new) interventions specific to the needs of individuals. This could be particularly useful in terms of recidivism when applied to those involved in anti-social or offending behavior.

scholarly journals Relations Among Victimization, Witnessing, and Perpetration of Aggression: Impact of Gender Among Youth Offenders

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 2158-2180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie S. Tisak ◽  
John Tisak ◽  
Erin R. Baker ◽  
Scott A. Graupensperger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Youth Offenders ◽  
Midwest United States ◽  
Aggravated Assault ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Simple Assault

The participants included 251 (158 males; 93 females) youth offenders who were arrested and incarcerated in a juvenile facility in the Midwest United States. The aims were to assess (a) how often they were a victim, a witness, and/or a perpetrator of social aggression, simple assault, and aggravated assault during the past year; (b) to examine whether exposure (either witness or victim or both) predicted committing three types of aggressive behaviors; and (c) to assess the impact of gender among the youth offenders. Differential predictability models were utilized to assess gender differences. The findings revealed that gender was an important predictor. For example, females reported higher rates of being a witness, a victim, and a perpetrator of social aggression than did males. Moreover, female offenders committed simple assault more often than males and males committed aggravated assault more often than females. The general results suggest that it is important to examine the various forms of aggression, and exposure, as well as how gender affects these relationships.

Emotional Intelligence in Incarcerated Female Offenders With Psychopathic Traits

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany G. Edwards ◽  
Elsa Ermer ◽  
Peter Salovey ◽  
Kent A. Kiehl
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
General Population ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Emotional Functioning ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Male Offenders ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Emotional Impairment

Emotional impairment is a core feature of psychopathy, and the disorder has been linked to an inability to recognize and regulate emotion, leading to deficiencies in empathy and difficulties in social functioning. This study investigated associations among psychopathic traits and ability-based emotional intelligence (EI) in female offenders and integrated data with previously published male offender data (Ermer, Kahn, Salovey, & Kiehl, 2012) to examine gender differences in relationships. Results showed that female offenders were impaired in the understanding and management of emotion relative to the general population, and that female offenders scored higher than male offenders in EI. Affective psychopathic traits (e.g., callousness) yielded a small relationship with difficulties in managing emotion in female offenders, and few gender differences in relationships between psychopathy and EI were found. Findings contribute to literature on emotional functioning in females with psychopathic traits and further understanding of gender differences in emotional abilities among offenders.

scholarly journals An Examination of the Mental Health and Negative Life Events of Women Who Killed Their Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Margarita Poteyeva ◽  
Margaret Leigey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Physical And Sexual Abuse

Research on filicide, the killing of a child by a biological or a de facto parent or parents, has largely focused on mothers. However, little is known about how filicidal women compare to filicidal men or whether they differ from women who commit non-filicide murder. The study explores pre-incarceration negative life events and mental health histories of women incarcerated for filicide as compared to men incarcerated for the same offense and women who were incarcerated for non-filicide murder. Extensive gender differences in filicidal parents were found in terms of economic marginalization, physical and sexual abuse, mental health problems. Filicidal women had more mental health problems and lower monthly income than women incarcerated for non-filicide murder, but there were more similarities than differences detected between the two groups of female offenders. The paper concludes with policy recommendations.

Sex Difference in Homicide: Comparing Male and Female Violent Crimes in Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 3408-3435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonghan Sea ◽  
Donna Youngs ◽  
Sophia Tkazky
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Criminal History ◽  
Violent Crimes ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
South Korean

The comparison of the South Korean male and female homicide offenders’ characteristics and crime scene behaviours is presented in this study. A total of 537 cases of homicide offenders prosecuted in Korea between 2006 and 2010 were analyzed in terms of offenders’ characteristics, victim–offender interaction, places of crime, and crime scene actions. Significant differences between male and female offenders were revealed in prior criminal history, offenders’ personal characteristics, choice of victim, crime scene behaviours during and after the homicide, and choice of weapon. The parallel with the gender differences in homicides found in Western countries is discussed as well as the possible explanations for the gender-related characteristics found in this study.

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