Understanding Female Offenders

• Author : Jason M. Smith,Carl B. Gacono,Ted B. Cunliffe
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release : 16 March 2021

According to the Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2017, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 750%, rising from a total of 26,378 in 1980 to 225,060 in 2017 and the number continues to rise. Dealing with incarcerated women and specifically psychopathic women can be challenging. Understanding Female Offenders: Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment provides readers with a better conceptualization of the psychopathic/non-psychopathic female. This includes better ways of interviewing, assessing, and treating these women, and clinical caveats with case examples to assist

• Author : Ruth T. Zaplin
• Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Release : 07 June 2023

The number of female offenders in the United States is skyrocketing. Our "tough on crime" approach puts a female offender behind bars, but doesn't consider the factors eading to her incarceration. Female Offenders: Critical Perspectives and Effective Interventions, Second Edition proposes an alternative, one that truly addresses the needs of female offenders and the root issues connected to their maladaptive behaviors, trauma histories, and mental health problems. By focusing on these root issues, this text prepares future correctional managers and

• Author : Alana Van Gundy,Shauntey James
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 21 January 2022

The History, Evolution, and Current State of Female Offenders: Recommendations for Advancing the Field summarizes what the field has learned about females and crime; details the status of legislation and criminological research focused on female criminality; and provides recommendations for advancing the field. Van Gundy and James present the material from a gendered approach with the goal of analyzing the current understanding of the relationship between gender and crime. Tracing the intellectual history of feminist criminology from its foundations to

• Author : Martin Guevara Urbina
• Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
• Release : 07 June 2023

Few empirical studies have focused on women in prison. In the last few years, though, a number of studies have demonstrated that there are fundamental differences between male and female prisoners in an ever-changing penal system. Consequently, there has been a need for more comprehensive studies of female offenders for three primary reasons: (1) imperative research gaps remain to be bridged; (2) the female prison experience is not constant; and (3) prison rates for female offenders, especially minority offenders, have increased considerably in

• Author : Brenda Russell
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 09 December 2012

​Female offenders are often perceived as victims who commit crimes as a self-defense mechanism or as criminal deviants whose actions strayed from typical ‘womanly’ behavior. Such cultural norms for violence exist in our gendered society and there has been scholarly debate about how male and female offenders are perceived and how this perception leads to differential treatment in the criminal justice system. This debate is primarily based upon theories associated with stereotypes and social norms and how these prescriptive norms

• Author : Lisa M. Carter,Catherine D. Marcum
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 20 July 2017

Often, research concerning the female offender is scarce. This book adds to the criminological literature on the topic of reentry for women, focusing on the barriers women face as they return to society and adjust to life after incarceration. Each chapter addresses specific issues, challenges, and obstacles affiliated with the hindrance of successful reentry processes associated with female offenders, as well as data-driven empirical studies. While corrections has often misunderstood or overlooked the needs of returning offenders, the shortcomings of

• Author : Karen A. Duncan
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release : 07 June 2023

This unprecedented look at female sexual predators explains why and how they prey on our children and youths and what adults—and children and youths themselves—should understand to prevent victimization. * Interviews with victims of female sexual predators and with females convicted of sexual offenses * The most recent research on female sexual predators and their increasing incidence in the United States and other nations * Features international studies on the crimes females commit against children and youths, providing the reader with

• Author : Jacqueline Turton,University of Essex
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 2023

• Author : Fiona Brookman
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 26 January 2005

"Lively and engaging, Understanding Homicide impressively fills an important gap in the current criminological literature... an authoritative and readable text on homicide." Keith Soothill, Lancaster University, UK Why do people kill? How is homicide investigated? What are the patterns and characteristics of UK homicide? How can it be prevented? Here is a comprehensive and challenging text unravelling the phenomenon of homicide. The author combines original analysis with a lucid overview of the key theories and debates in the study of

• Author : Mary Zeiss Stange,Carol K. Oyster,Jane E. Sloan
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 23 February 2011

This work includes 1000 entries covering the spectrum of defining women in the contemporary world.

• Author : Theresa A. Gannon,Franca Cortoni
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 28 October 2010

Featuring a collection of essays by leading experts, Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment is the first book to bring together current research, clinical assessment, and treatment techniques of female sexual offenders into one accessible volume. Describes the most recent research data regarding female sexual offenders, covering such issues as female-perpetrated sexual abuse prevalence and juvenile offenders Includes an assessment of the risk of recidivism, international treatment initiatives, and a discussion on the use of the polygraph with female

• Author : Tim Newburn
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 22 February 2017

Comprehensive and accessible, Tim Newburn’s bestselling Criminology provides an introduction to the fundamental themes, concepts, theories, methods and events that underpin the subject and form the basis for all undergraduate degree courses and modules in Criminology and Criminal Justice. This third edition includes: A new chapter on politics, reflecting the ever increasing coverage of political influence and decision making on criminology courses New and updated crime data and analysis of trends, plus new content on recent events such as

• Author : Emma Milne,Karen Brennan,Nigel South,Jackie Turton
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 04 May 2018

Bringing together academics and professionals, this edited collection considers key issues in current criminal justice policy and practice related specifically to women to answer the important question: are women being failed by the criminal justice system? In a landscape where women’s involvement in the criminal justice system still tends to be ignored or lost in discussions about men, contributors place special emphasis on women as both victims and offenders. The chapters cover a wide range of topics relating to

• Author : Sarah Turnbull
• Publisher : UBC Press
• Release : 10 November 2016

Just as Canada’s population has changed in the past four decades, so has its prison population. The increasing diversity among prisoners raises important questions about how we punish those who break the law. Parole in Canada is the first book to explore how concerns about Aboriginality, gender, and the multicultural ideal of “diversity” have been interpreted and used to alter parole policy and practice. Using the Parole Board of Canada as a case study, this book shows how some

• Author : Meda Chesney-Lind,Lisa Pasko
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 07 June 2023

A compilation of journal articles on the female offender written by leading researchers in the field of criminology and women's studies. Reveals the complex worlds females in the criminal justice system must often negotiate.