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Om The female offender : patterning of antisocial and criminal behaviour over the life-course av Frida Andersson
Kvinnliga brottslingars mönster av antisocialt beteende
Boken The female offender : patterning of antisocial and criminal behaviour over the life-course : patterning of antisocial and criminal behaviour over the life-course behandlar mönstren av kvinnligt brottsligt beteende över livscykeln. Genom att analysera olika studier syftar författaren Frida Andersson till att öka förståelsen för kvinnliga brottslingar och de olika faktorer som påverkar deras brottsliga bana.
Kvinnliga brottslingar och deras mönster
Studierna i avhandlingen visar att kvinnor generellt är mindre benägna att begå brott jämfört med män, men när de väl gör det följer de ofta liknande karriärmönster. Fyra olika brottsliga mönster identifierades, varav två är könsneutrala och två är unika för kvinnor. Bland kvinnliga brottslingar framträder även grupper som tidiga avhoppare och vuxna nybörjare, vilket ger insikter i det brottsliga beteendet hos olika individer.
Om boken
Denna bok är ett häftat band och publicerades av Malmö högskola den 22 februari 2018. Den omfattar 158 sidor och är skriven på engelska. Bokens innehåll är en viktig resurs för forskning inom kriminologi och rättsväsen, särskilt med fokus på kvinnliga brottslingar och deras livshistorier.
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Bokförlag: Malmö högskola Omfång: 158 Språk: Engelska Utgivningsdatum: 2018-02-22 Förlagets information English abstract The studies included in the thesis illustrate the patterning of female offending over the life course. The overarching aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the female offender and of the heterogeneity in female criminal offending trajectories over the life course, and also of factors that differentiate between these trajectories. In order to extend the knowledge on individual predictors of female offending, the thesis analyses the correlations between offending and measures of crime propensity. Study I analyses sex differences in criminal career patterns using a group-based trajectory method. The overall conclusion is that the females in the study were much less predisposed to offend than the males, but when they did, they tended to follow a similar set of career trajectories. Four offending trajectories were identified for each sex, two sex-invariant and two sex-unique. Among both females and males, a group of Low Rate Desisters (LRD) and a group of High Level Chronics (HLC) were identified, which correspond with the groups commonly identified in earlier research focused on various cohorts. In addition, every sixth female offender was characterized as an Early Onset Desister (EOD). The offending pattern of this group was characterized by a very early onset of criminality, followed by almost no offending at all in the subsequent age categories. The second of the two female-unique patterns was denoted Adult Onset (AO). The offending pattern of this group was characterized by a late onset in crime followed by a high level of criminal activity over subsequent years. Studies II and III explore the within- and between-individual patterning of the different female offending trajectories identified in the Study I. Individual and social characteristics were investigated, along with the question of how such factors change and shape patterns of criminal involvement. Research has consistently shown that childhood risk factors appear to be important for distinguishing chronic from adolescent-limited offenders. Based on the data available to this thesis, the analyses confirm that this baseline assumption appears also to apply to females. The analyses show that it is possible on the basis of variables measuring different aspects of socio-demographic background and family functioning to separate offenders from non-offenders, and chronics from less severe offenders. Study III examines the AO group in more detail. Predictors in childhood and adolescence that are known to be related to chronic offending all produced significant effects in relation to memberships of the AO group. In addition, variables related to working class background, such as father’s occupation and coming from a family that had received social welfare payments during childhood, a low level of educational achievement and unemployment in adulthood, all seem to be related to the AO trajectory and indicate a need for further research. Studies I-III had provided indications of sex differences not only in criminal patterning but also in risk factors and life events and transitions. In Study IV, the aim was to try to identify and evaluate whether and how self-control and morality affect criminal activity for females and males respectively. Results from a split sample analysis showed that self-control was the strongest independent predictor for both sexes; further, self-control did not help explain the gender gap in offending. Overall, different aspects of morality also seemed to be powerful predictors of offending for both sexes. As regards the explanation of sex differences in offending, the impact of anticipated guilt appeared to be most important. No interaction effects were found between self-control and morality.
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