cover image: Council on Criminal Justice, Women’s Justice Commission | July 9-11, 2024

Council on Criminal Justice, Women’s Justice Commission | July 9-11, 2024

16 Jul 2024

❖ Salisbury & Van Voorhis (2009) Tested 3 pathways with 313 women on probation in Missouri: • Childhood victimization • Unhealthy intimate relationships • Lack of social and human capital Multiple Routes to Incarceration Child Abuse Pathway Relational Pathway Social & Human Capital Pathway Source: Salisbury & Van Voorhis (2009) Major Psychosocial Predictors of Crime Primarily based on studies of b. [...] It takes a lot to get me mad, and you’ve got to keep egging it and egging it and egging it before I actually do something, but I do act out physically, which is not good, and I think that that has a lot to do with the way I was brought up.” –Marta, 23 year-old Latina Excerpt from DeHart & Lynch (2021). [...] Women’s and Girls’ Pathways Through the Criminal Legal System. [...] Final Thoughts ❖ Girls and women are far less dangerous and violent compared to their male counterparts. [...] ❖ Dysfunctional relationships (both with the self and others) are primary drivers of both women’s offending and motivation to positive behavior change.
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