The Sources of Violent and Nonviolent Offending among Women in Prison

Authors

Benjamin M. Steiner, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Emily M. Wright, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Sara Toto

Author ORCID Identifier

Wright: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-3596

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-20-2019

Publication Title

Justice Quarterly

Volume

37

Issue

4

First Page

644

Last Page

666

Abstract

This study involved an assessment of the relevance of women’s background characteristics for predicting their offending in prison. Data were collected from over 650 women confined in a large prison for women in a Midwestern state, and the relative effects of these factors were examined. Findings revealed that background characteristics reflecting social demographics (e.g. race, sexual orientation) and women’s life experiences (e.g. abuse as a child) were relevant for predicting women’s violent and nonviolent misbehavior in prison.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [Justice Quarterly] on [April 20, 2019], available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2019.1597914

Recommended Citation

Steiner, B., Wright, E.M., & Toto, S. (2019, April 20). The sources of violent and nonviolent offending among women in prison. Justice Quarterly, 37(4), 644-666. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2019.1597914

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