Differences Between Male And Female Offenders

Although a greater amount of attention on sexual crimes focuses on men as the offender, recently there has been an increased consciousness of females as sex offenders. Both type of offenders share some similarities and some differences.

Recidivism rates are much higher in men than in women. Seventy-eight percent of men are rearrested for the same crime or a different one within five years of their first offense. The rates for women are much lower, ten percent lower as a matter of fact. This means that only sixty-eight percent of women are rearrested within five years. This is because women have less violent tendencies than men. Women are also better at expressing themselves than men. When women get angry they usually cry or find some

While there are many similarities between male and female inmates, there are also many differences. The American prisons have been predominately male and continue to do so.

38). Furthermore, they claimed that female criminals were “monsters” (as cited in DeKeseredy, 2009, p. 38). These false images painted all female offenders with the same brush and served to dehumanize their characters. Furthermore, these theories negatively impacted the media and the public’s conception of female offenders. As a result female offenders were treated poorly, to say the least. To make matters worse, research in this area was conducted by males, dedicated for males, and served only to benefit males. For example, theoretical authors of this era were men who studied characteristics of males with respect to criminality. Women were thrown into the mixture of the alleged gender-neutral research, when what they needed was gender-sensitive studies. Even though these early theories inspired more accurate research, they served as a double edge sword to the female offender profiles.

According to Burnette and Newman (2005), female offenders that have severed antisocial behavior in childhood are more likely to exhibit these symptoms into adulthood. Some female offenders are still less cumulative than male offenders (Salisbury & Voorhis, 2009). In addition, recidivism in female offenders will be discussed three pathways. Moreover, the recidivism measure what usually not seen are males, greater incidence with females rather than males, and seen equally with separate personal and social results. Also, some female offenders ma have went through a great amount of abuse and trauma in their lives. Cauffman (2008) state some female offenders have mental illness issues, and treatment

The predominant types of offenses women tend to commit -- petty theft, check forgery, drug possession -- are nonviolent and low-level, yet women's rates of incarceration have steadily gone up, surpassing men's for the past 14 years. The

The characteristics of these offenders and the crimes they are committing are also changing over time. Demographically the juvenile female offender is most likely coming from a single parent home and may have been physically or sexually abused at some point in her life. She will also most likely be under the age of 15 and even more likely to be a woman of color, African-American young woman comprise almost 50 percent of all young women in secure detention, while Hispanics make up 13 percent (Bergsmann, 1994). In 1996, females represented 57 percent of the arrests for running away. In 1996, females represented 15 percent of juvenile arrests for violent crimes, while arrests of boys for violent offenses declined by 9 percent (Snyder, 1997). Aggravated assault, the most frequent of the violent offenses committed by juveniles, represented 20 percent of all arrests for juvenile females, while declining for boys by 10 percent (Snyder, 1997). In considering these changes it is still important to note that girls are still arrested more often for status offenses it is becoming more evident that girls are engaging in delinquent behaviors more often

Women face losing their family and friends, making it harder on them to locked up (Bohm and Haley). In retrospect, I believe women are more sensitive and have better coping skills than men do. They tend to bond together because they understand what the other is dealing with. A lot of women turn to one another for support and end up with make-believe families (Bohm and Haley). There are times that in these make-believe family’s homosexuality exists and it is more accepting and consensual in the female prison than in the male prisons. Gangs are a lot more prominent in male prisons also. With a lot of gangs there tends to be racism which leads to interracial tension. Men tend to be more temperamental and do not how to control their anger.

Tendencies and qualities that are seen in criminals, basically contradict those tendencies and qualities that females possess. Crime is much more disgraced for women than it is for men. Women hold certain expectations regarding the way they look to the way the conduct themselves. For

Starting at an adolescent age in females life events greatly impact future behaviors. The "purpose of relationships" i.e. family, friends, and intimate relationships play big roles in shaping ones character. In being either a victim and or witness to situations that include domestic violence relate to future criminal activity. Emotional disorders also arise if physical or sexual abuse occurs. Female offenders may go on having abusive relationships and committing crimes based on their adolescence (McAleavy, T. 2009). Myths and misconception of juvenile female offenders would be risk factors. Risk factors may affect both females and males. Females are impacted at a much higher level. Between females and males, females commit crimes more so in the lower level of crimes but criminal behavior has increased over the years. Mental illness in juvenile female offenders are elevated compared to juvenile male offenders. In conclusion female offending has and does play a role in our society. Statically over the past years, numbers seem to show decreases in certain areas of law-breaking. But in today's age there has been an increased growth in criminal activities overall for males and females. Gaining the proper knowledge about this specific subject will allow experts to find solutions in reducing criminal

Gender norms, moral development and affiliative concerns, social control, physical strength, aggression, and sexuality are five areas of life that tend to encourage male crime, but also shapes the patterns of female offending that do occur. Men commit more crime, and women commit less. This is true, for all groups, and societies, and for nearly every crime category. Most effort has been focused on male crime, because they seem to have a greater involvement in criminal behavior. We need to also have to understand the roles females have in criminal behavior.

Research shows that the gender of the offender does play a role in sentencing, and is more lenient towards a female offender. Furthermore the further along in the trial and sentencing

Despite the general consensus that the number of females involved in crime is continuing to rise, males are still the dominant gender committing crimes, especially for violent offences. This may be why there is a continued lack of research on female offenders using a gender specific approach that accounts for gender differences. Historically, female offenders have been primarily studied using a gender-neutral model comprising mainly male offenders. Although there is support that a gender-neutral model can effectively apply to both male and female offenders (van der Knaap et al. 2012), there has been an ongoing debate on whether the pathways and processes that lead to female offending can be successfully explained and ultimately applied to interventions and preventions by using theories originally created to explain male crime (Steffensmeier & Allan, 1996).

Theft is serious crime, but do you ever think and realize more males are getting into more trouble than females. Well females get into trouble, but it not known because I see as a female myself we won’t get the harsh punishment than the males. Can females me more delinquent than males. In the article: “Bad Boys or Poor Parents: Relations to Female Juvenile Delinquency by Elizabeth Cauffman, Susan P. Farruggia, and Asha Goldweber”, it talks about a study that is examined interrelations between parental relationships, romantic relationship and antisocial behavior between female and male juvenile delinquents. It was a diverse sample where 1,354 teenagers adjudicated of serious offense was match based on age, race, and committing offense. How they

It is a common perception that men are more likely to commit crime than women and according to statistics in 2012, 85% of known offenders in England and Wales were males and women only represents 5% of the prison population. However in the last ten years, the number of females that have been prosecuted is thought to have risen by 6%.