University:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Course:
PSY 421 | Forensic Social and Experimental Psychology
Academic year:

2023
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Women in Prison: A minority of the prison population are female (4%). Women are mostly put in prison for non-violent crimes, often as a result of being abused. Most common offence is theft and handling. Many are single parents (2/3 of women in prison have dependent children). *TV Licences- a feminist issue? May women in prison for failing to pay TV licence bills. The person who answers the door is prosecuted, usually women as inspections are carried out during the day-caregiving roles for women. Prison Reform Trust Briefing: 'The principle of equal treatment does not mean that everyone should be treated the same. Where the underlying circumstances of women and men are different, different approaches may be needed to achieve equitable outcomes. This is the basic tenet of equality law. Female Offender Strategy - 2018: Prison is an ineffective method of cutting women's offending. There are fewer female prisons so women may be sent further away from family. Crime and Violence: 3% risk of being a victim of violent crime Men are generally more likely to be both perpetrators of and victims of violent crime. Men more likely to experience violence from strangers, women more likely to experience violence from partners. Type of violent incident experienced by victims of violent crime also varies by sex. Women more likely to experience domestic abuse. Women are almost always violent in the context of violence against them (or children) by their male partners (of 108 women who had used violence against a male partner, only 6% had experienced no physical victimization or injury from male partners. Domestic Violence: Accounts for approx.. 25% of all violent crime. Only category of violence where the risks for women are much higher than for men. Victims of domestic abuse suffer on may levels-health, housing, education. Domestic violence has more repeat victims than any other crime (average of 35 assaults before a victim calls the police). Women are much more likely than men to be the victim of multiple incidents of abuse and of sexual violence.