The Female Offender: Girls, Women, and Crime

Chesney‐Lind, Meda; Pasko, Lisa

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“…Whilst increasingly more researchers have begun to focus on female delinquency (e.g., Chesney-Lind & Pasko, 2013;Miller, 2012;Zahn, 2009), the majority of available literature concerning pathways into juvenile offending, peers as risk factors and interventions is still based on juvenile delinquent males (e.g., Herrenkohl et al, 2000;Thornberry and Krohn 2005). The majority of research concerning delinquency have for the most part used a quantitative approach, even if more scholars are beginning to adapt qualitative approaches to better understand female delinquency (Garcia & Lane, 2013;Herrman & Silverstein, 2012;Miller, 2001;Pugh-Lilly, Neville, & Poulin, 2001).…”

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Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Azad

Hau

Karlsson

2017

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Delinquent peers have a strong influence on adolescent delinquent behavior. However, few studies have investigated adolescents', and in particular young females', own perspectives of the role of peers on their delinquent behavior. The purpose of the present study was to explore how young female offenders described their delinquent behavior and more specifically the role they assign to peer relations in committing or avoiding delinquent acts. Nine female adolescents, sentenced to youth service, were interviewed, and the data was analyzed using the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method. The results showed that committing crimes and taking drugs with peers were portrayed as a way for the female delinquents to socialize. Delinquent and pro-social activities with peers appear to serve similar developmental functions in the sense that it is described to fulfill the same developmental needs. The young offenders also described collectively created pressures and norms in the peer group as the main contributing factor to their norm-breaking behavior, where they described being both recipients and producers of influence in the group. Another important finding was that the female offenders showed an awareness of the importance of pro-social peers and the need to eliminate delinquent friends from their peer network in order to help them refrain from deviant behavior. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.

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Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Azad

Hau

Karlsson

2017

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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“…O discurso da vitimação acaba por ser amplamente utilizado nas perspectivas feministas, através da conceptualização do desvio da mulher como, pelo menos em parte, resultado de experiências prévias de vitimação (e.g., Carlen, 1983;Chesney-Lind, 1997), e dos sentimentos negativos que delas resultam (e.g., Batchelor, 2005). Nas perspectivas feministas, a construção discursiva da 'mulher ofensora vítima' é também sustentada por dados empíricos que sugerem que a maioria das mulheres a cumprir sanções penais, sobretudo por crimes cometidos na esfera doméstica, são, também elas, vítimas de abuso (e.g., Henning, Jones & Holdford, 2003;Swan & Snow, 2002).…”

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“…Segundo Chesney-Lind (1997) estamos perante uma nova versão da 'hipótese da emancipação da mulher', específica dos "guetos desindustrializados dos anos 90", em que não é a etnia ou o género mas sim a posição socioeconómica que conduz a mulher a alternativas que passam pelo crime. Na sua opinião, a desindustrialização contribui para a 'desgenderização' das relações e torna as mulheres mais capazes de cometer crimes violentos, tradicionalmente associados aos homens (Chesney-Lind, 1997). Também para outros autores, são mudanças sociais que permitem que as mulheres tenham oportunidades semelhantes às dos seus pares masculinos para se envolverem em determinados tipos de crime (e.g., Baskin et al, 1993, citado por ChesneyLind, 1997.…”

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Criminalidade feminina e construção do género: Emergência e consolidação das perspectivas feministas na Criminologia

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Machado

2012

Análise Psicológica

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Neste artigo, são analisadas as perspectivas feministas na criminologia, em particular, os discursos sobre criminalidade feminina e construção do género. Parte-se de uma visão ampla sobre feminismos e construção de conhecimento e apresenta-se uma revisão histórica da emergência e da consolidação das perspectivas feministas na criminologia. Discute-se em particular o argumento feminista de que a construção social do género pauta os percursos de vida das mulheres que transgridem, e se reflecte na resposta formal e informal a essas transgressões. São analisadas as principais críticas tecidas pelas autoras feministas ao que designam de 'discursos tradicionais' sobre mulher e crime e as propostas que apresentam de reconstrução desses discursos. Palavras-chave:Criminalidade feminina, Género, Perspectivas feministas. FEMINISMO(S) E CONSTRUÇÃO DE CONHECIMENTOA emergência de estudos científicos que conceptualizam a variável género e lhe conferem um papel de destaque, quer na criminologia quer noutras áreas de conhecimento, é indissociável do movimento feminista. Após uma primeira vaga, cujo início é geralmente situado na segunda década do século XX, o feminismo ressurge nos anos sessenta associado a movimentos sociopolíticos de libertação (Messerschmidt, 1995) 2 . É nesse contexto que jovens mulheres se indignam ao perceber que os seus companheiros de 'luta libertária' as vêm apenas como assessoras, quer de trabalho quer de prazer sexual. Essa indignação, associada às ideias de Simone de Beauvoir, que analisa no seu livro Le Deuxième Sexe (1952) . A criação do texto original enquadra-se no desenvolvimento de uma tese de doutoramento (com apoio da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia -SFRH/BD/8664/2002). Para prestar homenagem à Doutora Carla Machado não poderia deixar de seleccionar um texto construído em estreita colaboração entre nós, naquela que foi a sua primeira orientação de doutoramento. Ao recordar a sua orientação, deixo o testemunho de uma grande lição e de um exemplo a seguir. 2 Embora a segunda década do século XX reúna maior consenso enquanto data da primeira vaga do movimento feminista, sugere-se que esta vaga tem início na década de trinta do século XIX com o movimento abolicionista no contexto norte-americano (Messerschmidt, 1995).A correspondência relativa a este artigo deverá ser enviada para:

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“…This increase in women's criminal justice involvement rates are largely attributed to: 1) the War on Drugs, 2) mandatory minimum sentencing, and 3) the lack of preventive and intervention programing to meet women's needs (Bloom, Owen, & Covington, 2004;. While relatively little research has examined women involved with the criminal justice system, studies have indicated that women often follow certain "paths" toward criminal justice involvement which differ from those followed by men (Chesney-Lind & Pasko, 2004;Daly, 1992;). This "gendered pathways" perspective suggests that women who become involved with the criminal justice system are often characterized by impoverished backgrounds, multiple victimization experiences, psychological distress and mental illness with self-medication as a means of coping, in addition to little social support, and poor physical health (Browne, Miller, & Maguin, 1999;Covington, 2007;Hall, Golder, Conley, & Sawning, 2012;Salina et al, 2007;Widom & Ames, 1994).…”

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“…The link between childhood victimization and current homelessness has been explored and supported by a number of researchers (Evenson, 2009;Mental Health Policy Research Group, 1998;Rattelade, Farrell, Aubry, & Klodawsky, 2014). This link has also been examined within the context of the gendered pathways perspective which highlights a path between early victimization experiences for girls and their subsequent running away to escape these traumas (Chesney-Lind, 2002b;Chesney-Lind & Pasko, 2004;Chesney-Lind & Shelden, 2004;Daly, 1992). These girls and young women often find themselves living on the streets engaging in petty crime and/or prostitution, or are considered runaways, and thus become involved with the criminal justice system.…”

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Modeling posttraumatic stress disorder among victimized women on probation and parole : examining the impact of childhood victimization.

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DEDICATIONThis dissertation is dedicated to:1. My husband, Kyle, who encouraged and supported me throughout this process as we both pushed ourselves past what we thought was possible on our quest to build our life together. My parents, Charles and Karen Efstration, who made numerous sacrifices so Icould have the best educational opportunities and taught me to care deeply about underdogs. I am also deeply thankful for my in-laws, the Winhams and the Whites, for the love and support. Results of the second MIMIC analysis (X 2 (147) =439.71, p < .001; CFI = .90; TLI = .89; RMSEA = .07; SRMR = .07) provided good fit to the data and indicated that exposure to childhood sexual victimization versus other types of victimization significantly predicted differences in PTSD symptom structure and greater severity (B= .29, β = .10, SE= .14, p =.04). However, childhood victimization accounted for only 1% of the variance in PTSD symptomology. Implications for assessment and treatment of this highly-victimized and traumatized population are discussed including the usefulness of addressing the symptoms of dysphoric arousal including sleep disturbance, irritability, and difficulty concentrating. Suggestions for public policy include increasing economic insecurity and revisiting current legal climate linking substance use with criminal justice involvement.

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The Female Offender: Girls, Women, and Crime

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Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Adolescent Female Offenders’ Subjective Experiences of How Peers Influence Norm-Breaking Behavior

Criminalidade feminina e construção do género: Emergência e consolidação das perspectivas feministas na Criminologia

Modeling posttraumatic stress disorder among victimized women on probation and parole : examining the impact of childhood victimization.

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