The Jack-Roller and the Life History Method: Notes on the Chicago School’s Clifford Shaw and Howard Becker’s Humanistic Narrative of Young Male and Female Delinquents in Different Ages

Clifford Shaw’s (1930) The Jack-Roller is a landmark study of naturalism, ethnography and crime. It is the ‘own story’ of Stanley—a young delinquent in Chicago. Shaw’s series of ethnographic studies on delinquency sought to humanize deviance in opposition to pathological understandings of delinquency. The article looks on the representation of crimes committed and punishment received by young male and female delinquents. Shaw’s argument focuses on structural inequalities and poverty as the cause of deviance; as a result, female delinquency was not explained by sexual promiscuity, although he failed to recognize young women’s vulnerabilities. The second edition of The Jack-Roller introduced by Howard Becker (1966, Introduction. The Jack-Roller: A delinquent boy’s own story, pp. v–xviii) redefined Shaw’s study within the symbolic interactionist tradition. From the 1950s, Shaw and Becker disagreed over the writing of the deviant’s ‘own story,’ the control of the narrative and the authorial voice. The article adds to the literature on narrative, female deviance and youth delinquency.

Women as Perpetrators of Crimes in Poland: An Analysis from a Statistical Perspective

<p>The article aims to determine the trends in the phenomenon of female delinquency in Poland in the years 2003–2018. To this end, on the basis of statistical data obtained from the Ministry of Justice: 1) the total number of convictions of female perpetrators during the analysed period was determined; 2) the categories of crimes which resulted in the highest level of convictions of female perpetrators were identified; 3) the types of crimes which dominated the criminal activity of women were analysed; 4) it was determined whether the level of female aggression accompanying the implementation of crimes increases. In the course of the research, several remarks were formulated, of which three findings remain the most important: 1) women commit crimes analogous to those of men (the absence of such prohibited acts which they would not commit); 2) infanticide, which was considered to be the most symptomatic female crime in view of the incidence of convictions under Article 149 of the Polish Criminal Code, loses its character; 3) the crime which dominates from the perspective of statistical research on the number of convictions of female perpetrators is currently fraud.</p>

Swedish Adolescent Female Offenders with Limited Delinquency: Exploring Family-Related Narratives from a Developmental Perspective

Family factors are central both for adolescent development in general and for the development of delinquency. For female delinquency they appear to be particularly important. The aim of this study was to explore family-related statements in adolescent females’ delinquency narratives from a developmental perspective. Interviews with nine female adolescent offenders were analysed using consensual qualitative research (CQR). The main findings consisted of five themes concerning the family in relation to the participants’ delinquency. In the delinquency narratives, families were described as being involved in the entire process of delinquency. Urges both for proximity and distance in family relations were expressed in the narratives. Delinquency was also found to be related to transactions between participants and their families. Our findings indicate that the developmental perspective on family factors for females with limited delinquency is a meaningful way to further investigate this group of offenders. Furthermore, this perspective could in the long-term also potentially contribute to the design of adequate community-based measures for this yet under-researched group of young offenders.

POTRET PEREMPUAN REMAJA URBAN DALAM NOVEL TEENLIT LOVE ME MARRY ME KARYA ESTHER PRISCILLA

The study aims to describe the portraits of urban teenage women in the teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla, which includes: personality pleasures, recreational prestige, and adolescent female delinquency. This type of research is qualitative research using descriptive methods. Data collection is conducted through: (1) reading and understanding the novel Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla to gain an understanding of the novel; (2) Set a character in Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla using the format; (3) Identifying data in accordance with the research issues; and (4) data input. Based on the results of the data analysis, obtained: (1) Personality pleasures on the urban teenage female figures in the teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla include picnics and dancing; (2) The recreational prestige of the urban teen women depicted in Teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla in general has fast food restaurants, owning a villa, having private ventures such as car showrooms, boutiques, and bridal; (3) in Teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla There is no data on the delinquency of urban adolescents, as the novel Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla is more about the struggle and sacrifice of a willing woman was married to a man who initially did not like her to happy her father. Keywords: women, sacrifice, marriage The study aims to describe the portraits of urban teenage women in the teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla, which includes: personality pleasures, recreational prestige, and adolescent female delinquency. This type of research is qualitative research using descriptive methods. Data collection is conducted through: (1) reading and understanding the novel Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla to gain an understanding of the novel; (2) Set a character in Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla using the format; (3) Identifying data in accordance with the research issues; and (4) data input. Based on the results of the data analysis, obtained: (1) Personality pleasures on the urban teenage female figures in the teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla include picnics and dancing; (2) The recreational prestige of the urban teen women depicted in Teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla in general has fast food restaurants, owning a villa, having private ventures such as car showrooms, boutiques, and bridal; (3) in Teenlit Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla There is no data on the delinquency of urban adolescents, as the novel Love Me Marry Me by Esther Priscilla is more about the struggle and sacrifice of a willing woman was married to a man who initially did not like her to happy her father. Keywords: women, sacrifice, marriage

Impact of Partner Violence on Female Delinquency

In recent decades there has been an increase of criminal behavior by women, which is due to social rather than individual change. Feminist analysis points to the existence of an androcentric and patriarchal order, which through the practices of subjectification, builds the identity of the subjects. These practices have been shaped by close affective bonds, including couple bounds, who in turn have constructed them as criminals. Ninety-four women were interviewed in six prisons in four countries. Their life stories were analyzed through Atlas.ti. Affective bonds with the partner and gender violence are the two main categories of analysis. It was found that the affective bonds with the partner that included violent behavior can be a factor leading these women towards crime. The findings suggest that the women were imprisoned, before entering prison, in violent relationships that held them, configuring their subjectivity. The violent partner bonds and female delinquency associated with them are the product of a patriarchal society that does not see a difference between being a victim or being criminal.

Constructing a Black Female Delinquent

This chapter examines the state’s flagship institution for delinquent girls. It reveals the way intersecting notions of race, gender, and sexuality shaped reformers’ and practitioners’ implementation of juvenile justice. African American girls at the Illinois Training School were blamed for the interracial sexual relationships staff members and professionals abhorred and were considered the most violent girls in the institution. They also became subject to a race specific and gendered construction of female delinquency in the institution. Unlike the image of a fixable, inherently innocent delinquent that spurred the child-saving movement, black girls were cast as inherently deviant, unfixable, and dangerous delinquent whose negative influences could contaminate other children in the institution.