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The adult female bogus check writerWard, Evelyn Dawn, 1936- January 1972 (has links)
No description available.
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"Daughters of the chaos" : an exploration of courses of women’s lawbreaking actionFrizzell, Erin T. 11 1900 (has links)
I began my inquiry into women's lawbreaking from a disquiet between what I
"knew" from academic feminist accounts and what I "saw" as a worker. My
understanding of women's lawbreaking came from a distorted representation of
women lawbreakers as victims produced by academic feminist scholarship.
This distorted representation came from a feminist practice of emphasizing
women's victimhood as an explanatory framework. As a result, women have
been rendered 'victims' - a representation that relies on women's object, rather
than subject, status. Further, this distorted 'victim' representation fails to
examine the way women can, and do, negotiate 'structures' to shape their own
lives. As a result of my disquiet, I began to ask what is it about victimization
that contributes to women's lawbreaking? I adapted Dorothy Smith's method of
inquiry to develop a method which includes women's agency and yet retains
feminist insights into economic and cultural gender inequities. This method
allows one to understand agency in the context of victimization and its
entanglement with lawbreaking by understanding the dialectic nature of social
interaction. This dialectic understanding of action is important because we can
examine not only what things come into view as structural or institutional
processes, but also see more clearly the undercurrent of resistance and
survival so relevant to feminism. Further, this method looks at women's
lawbreaking differently - it captures women's agency as a counter-discourse to
existing feminist discourses of victimization. A small research study was
conducted for this thesis. Nine women were interviewed about their lives
growing up and their experiences with lawbreaking. From this data, three areas
were explored: "invalidation", "addiction" and "negotiation". The analysis of
these themes explores, and then maps out, courses of women's lawbreaking
action and how those courses are coordinated by the ruling relations. This
project aims to contribute to feminist scholarship on women's courses of
lawbreaking action by offering Smith's method of inquiry as a way to capture
both women's agency and how that is coordinated by the organizational and
social relations of ruling.
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Female offenders : attachment & parenthoodSwihart, Gayla 05 1900 (has links)
Many women in prison are likely to have children, but for various reasons may not be playing the role of primary
caregiver prior to incarceration, and may be unable to fulfill this role when released. This research was designed to
investigate the interpersonal difficulties that may contribute to the parenting problems of this unique population.
Female offenders have an increased likelihood of personality pathology and history of abuse, creating a set of
circumstances that affect these women's ability to have satisfactory relationships. This may be manifested in an
orientation towards relationships that could be classified as an insecure attachment style, although it is not the
relationship per se that is classified as an insecure attachment style; rather, the insecure attachment style (or pattern)
refers to the individual's view of themselves and others, and their attachment style may then influence their
responses to others in intimate relationships (e.g., their warmth, caregiving, jealousy, ability to trust, etc). The
female offender population provides a distinctive opportunity for investigating the relationships between attachment
styles and incarcerated women's personality pathology, experiences with their primary caregivers, as well as their
own experiences as mothers.
The attachment styles of one hundred eleven incarcerated female inmates were assessed using the
Relationship Questionnaire (RQ; Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991) and the Experience in Close Relationships
Inventory (ECRI; Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998), and a sub-sample of these women were interviewed using the
Peer Attachment Interview (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991). Offenders were also assessed for quality of
relationships with parents using the Egna Minnen Betraffande Uppfostran (EMBU; Perris, Jacobsson, Lindstrom,
von Knorring, & Perris, 1980), as well as with children using the Parental Stress Scale (PSS; Berry & Jones, 1995)
and a Parental Bonding Interview (created specifically for this research to gather information about parent-child
relationships, the level of caregiving provided to the child, and the mother's subjective account of her parenting
experiences). The SCID-Il Clinical Interview (First, Gibbon, Spitzer, Williams, & Benjamin, 1997) was used to
assess for personality disorder characteristics, which have been found in previous research to be prevalent in female
offender populations.
It was found that three-quarters of the women in the sample had given birth to children, however, 88.4%
were no longer playing the role of primary caregiver upon incarceration. Nearly 61% of respondents claimed that
social services had taken at least one child away, and 38.2% claimed that they had voluntarily given their children
away. Reasons for no longer having custody varied, but the majority of women (70%) reported that drug and alcohol
abuse was a major factor. Further, it was found that women in the sample were characterized by insecure attachment
styles. Characteristics of personality disorders were present in over 73% of the sample. Results showed a high rate
of abuse in childhood by primary caregivers, high levels of parental rejection, and low levels of parental warmth. In
addition, participants reported unstable relationships with the fathers of their children. Further, the presence of an
insecure attachment style was related to higher mean number of personality disorder characteristics, higher reported
means of maternal and paternal rejection, and higher reported means of emotional and physical abuse by fathers.
Impression management was found to be an issue with the respect to the majority of the measured utilized in the
research.
The goal of this research was to attain a greater understanding of the interpersonal difficulties of the female
offender population, and how family, romantic, and peer relationships are related to parenting difficulties for these
women. These issues, as well as limitations surrounding the use of current attachment measures, are discussed
herein.
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The assessment of psychopathy in female offendersStrachan, Catherine Elizabeth 05 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability
and validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) for
use with a female population. Seventy-five women who were
either incarcerated or on probation were assessed using
interview and file information. In addition, all subjects
completed a battery of self-report inventories that were
theoretically relevant to the PCL-R. The results strongly
supported the appropriateness of the PCL-R for use with female
offenders. The psychometric properties were excellent
indicating a homogeneous and unidimensional scale. The factor
analysis confirmed a two factor structure representing two
distinct aspects of psychopathy; the personological and
behavioural dimensions. The pattern of correlations obtained
from the self—report inventories was highly similar to that
obtained with male samples, further suggesting that the same
construct is being measured in both sexes. The implications of
these findings in terms of the construct of psychopathy and
explanations of women’s criminality are discussed as well as
future research and practical implications.
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Life histories of women who offend : a study of women in English prisonsCaulfield, Laura January 2012 (has links)
This thesis examines the life experiences of a sample of women in English prisons. It is focused on developing a greater understanding of the experiences and needs of women in prison in areas where the research literature is lacking, or where women s experiences are not yet fully understood. The research is set within the context of significant increases in the women s prison population, developments in policy and practice relating to the treatment of women offenders, and recent reports from the Ministry of Justice that the UK government lacks a thorough understanding of the needs of women in prison. Approved by HM Prison Service National Research Committee, the research includes review of Offender Assessment System records and in-depth interviews with 43 women from three English prisons. Adopting a primarily qualitative approach, the data are thematically analysed with the aid of NVivo to explore women s experiences in childhood and growing up; adult life circumstances; parenthood; alcohol and drug use; mental health; and experiences within prison. Key findings from the research suggest that for many women in prison their past experiences are specific responsivity factors that require focused input in order to tackle the reasons underlying their criminogenic needs. Specifically, the research highlights that women in prison attribute much of their life experience and offending as related to past experiences, but that there is a need to broaden the definitions of childhood trauma and victimisation used when discussing women offenders in order to more fully reflect the lived experiences of women who offend. The research identifies a number of gender specific issues that have been previously neglected in the literature. The findings challenge some of the recent literature around the drug and alcohol use of offenders, and also highlight how poor relationships can exacerbate women s issues with drug and alcohol use. The research provides evidence of consistency in mental health problems experienced by women in prison and the underlying causes of these problems, answering questions concerning the extent to which women s mental health problems exist prior to prison. Furthermore, the research documents how prison can present an opportunity for women to engage with treatment. However, the research also highlights the failure of the prison service to fully record the scale and scope of mental health and emotional problems experienced by women in prison. The thesis concludes that there is a need for a gender-informed focus in prison in both assessment and treatment.
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Kvinnor, kriminalitet och psykisk ohälsa : Lider kvinnliga brottslingar vanligen av psykisk ohälsa?Borén, Sandra January 2014 (has links)
No description available.
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Sex and its consequences abortion, infanticide, and women's reproductive decision-making in France, 1901-1940 /Huber, Karen E., January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Full text release at OhioLINK's ETD Center delayed at author's request
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A journey through the prison garden weeds in the warehouse /Barry, Lillian M. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2008. / A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, School of Natural Sciences, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.
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"I don't go out looking to harm somebody" : an exploratory study of young women and violence /Nelson, Cheryl D., January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.W.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-238). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
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Correctional service of Canada ideology and "Violent" aboriginal female offenders /Dell, Colleen Anne. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-470). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
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