FEMALE OFFENDER

• NCJ Number: 26949
• Journal: CRIME AND DELINQUENCY LITERATURE Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1975) Pages: 94-112
• Author(s): M L VELIMESIS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING FEMALE OFFENDERS BASED ON A REVIEW OF FEMALE OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS AND OF CURRENT DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN SENTENCING, ASSIGNMENT TO INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS, AND PAROLE REVOCATION.

Abstract

THE MOST COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE OFFENDERS ARE THAT THEY ARE POOR, LACK SKILLS, ARE MOSTLY MOTHERS, ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF FAMILY INCOME, AND THAT THEY MOST OFTEN COMMIT PROPERTY CRIMES. THE AUTHOR RECOMMENDS ELIMINATING THE DOUBLE SEX STANDARD FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESSING AND CREATING MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE ACCEPTABLE ROLES AND JOBS FOR FEMALES. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO DECRIMINALIZE PROSTITUTION, DRUNKENNESS AND VAGRANCY, CHANGE COMMUNITY CONDITIONS WHICH FOSTER DRUG USE, PROVIDE MORE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, TRAIN CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL TO BETTER DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF WOMEN, AND OFFER NURTURING AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT COURSES.