Risk Factors for Criminal Recidivism in Female Offenders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacey R. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Criminal Recidivism

scholarly journals Substance Use, Criminal Recidivism, and Mortality in Criminal Justice Clients: A Comparison between Men and Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Mannerfelt ◽  
Anders Håkansson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Criminal Recidivism ◽  
Addiction Severity

Background. This study aimed to map differences between male and female offenders with substance abuse, with respect to descriptive characteristics and risk factors for mortality and criminal recidivism. Methods. Criminal justice clients with substance abuse problems (n=7085) were interviewed with the Addiction Severity Index. Mortality and data on return to criminal justice were retrieved from national registers. Results. Female offenders reported heavier substance use patterns, more psychiatric symptoms, and more often a partner with substance abuse, but had lower mortality (2% versus 4%) and criminal recidivism (62% versus 71%) during follow-up. Having a substance-abusing partner was associated with criminal recidivism among females. Conclusions. Female offenders with substance abuse differ from their male counterparts. Males and females had different risk factors for criminal recidivism.

scholarly journals Breaking the Blue Wall of Silence: Risk Factors for Experiencing Police Sexual Misconduct Among Female Offenders

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda B. Cottler ◽  
Catina C. O’Leary ◽  
Katelin B. Nickel ◽  
Jennifer M. Reingle ◽  
Daniel Isom
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Sexual Misconduct

scholarly journals The relationship between violence risk factors and protective factors among mentally ill offenders

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
V.G. Bulygina ◽  
A.A. Dubinsky ◽  
G.M. Tokareva ◽  
N.E. Lysenko
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Criminal History ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Criminal Recidivism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Motivation For Treatment

The results of research of the relationship between violence risk factors for and protective factors among psychiatric patients with a criminal history are presented. There were interviewed 563 men and 200 women undergoing compulsory treatment. The methodology of the assessment of protective factors (Bulygina V.G. et al.), "The historical clinical risk" (HCR-20, Webster), which was supplemented with a clinical-psychopathological criteria used in the Russian practice, were applied. It has been used the method of classification tree and ROC analysis. Target variables for the mathematical analysis were: gender, frequency of reoffending, interval of criminal recidivism. It was discovered that the universal protective factors in a general sample of persons with severe mental disorders are development of social and communication skills as well as higher motivation for treatment. There were highlighted gender specific protective factors. It is revealed that with a longer period of social adaptation associated the motivation for treatment and developed social and communication skills in female sample, in male – absence of problems connected with substance abuse and tolerant attitude to judicial and administrative regulations. Model of risk of the criminal recidivism among mentally ill women have higher predictive value than models for men.

scholarly journals Are the Effects of Poverty and Victimization on Criminal Recidivism Mediated by Depression as Predicted by General Strain Theory? A Longitudinal Study of Provincially Sentenced Women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer E. Newman
Keyword(s):  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Criminal Recidivism ◽  
General Strain ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Provincially Sentenced

The current study is a longitudinal analysis of psychosocial factors contributing to re-offending among 125 adult female offenders. Drawing on General Strain Theory (GST), the study examined the role of victimization and poverty on criminal recidivism and investigated whether this relationship was mediated by depression. Regression, survival, and mediational analyses were employed to examine the impact of these variables on criminal recidivism. Findings revealed that using illegal means to make ends meet, and having survived childhood sexual abuse, were particularly important predictors of recidivism for women in the study sample, although depression was not found to significantly mediate the relationship between strain and recidivism. Implications for future research on female recidivism and helping women to stay crime-free are discussed.

Risk Factors for Criminal Recidivism in Older Sexual Offenders

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seena Fazel ◽  
Gabrielle Sjöstedt ◽  
Niklas LÅngström ◽  
Martin Grann
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Criminal Recidivism

Recovery and recidivism reduction for offenders with mental illness

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merrill Rotter ◽  
Virginia Barber-Rioja ◽  
Faith Schombs
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Clinical Success ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Criminal Recidivism ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Community Functioning ◽  
Offenders With Mental Illness

Treatment of individuals with mental illness who have justice involvement has the same goals as the treatment of those without justice involvement: ameliorating symptoms, minimizing disability, maximizing community functioning, and supporting individualized recovery goals. The attainment of these goals are challenged, if not precluded, when a person is incarcerated, making the overrepresentation of individuals with mental illness all the more tragic, and decreasing criminal justice activity all the more important for both clinical success and public safety. Understanding and addressing the risk of criminal recidivism (i.e., re-arrest and return to jail for offenders with mental illness) is, therefore, a critical skill for the forensic clinician. In this chapter, we review risk factors for recidivism with specific focus on those relevant for offenders with mental illness, and present a holistic approach that incorporates both traditional treatment and recidivism-focused psychosocial interventions.

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