Violent Women: Findings from the Texas Women Inmates Study

Autor/inn/en	Pollock, Joycelyn M.; Mullings, Janet L.; Crouch, Ben M.
Titel	Violent Women: Findings from the Texas Women Inmates Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21 (2006) 4, S.485-502 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260505285722
Schlagwörter	Females; Criminals; Marital Status; Crime; Children; Violence; Institutionalized Persons; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status; One Parent Family; Juvenile Gangs; Child Abuse; African Americans; Unemployment; Family Characteristics; Individual Characteristics; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Straftäter; Familienstand; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gewalt; Rassenunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Jugendbande; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Afroamerikaner; Arbeitslosigkeit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Prior research on violent crime by female offenders is reviewed. A Texas female prisoner sample is used to explore specific questions raised by the literature review. Violent and nonviolent offenders were compared, looking specifically at race, socioeconomic status, having been raised in single-parent homes, criminal history, gang membership, marital status, and childhood abuse. Findings indicated that women who are violent were more likely to be younger, African American, unemployed, and having extensive criminal histories. They were more likely to come from dysfunctional families with childhood abuse. Limitations of the study were noted. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10