There are numerous of stories to why female inmates end up in prison serving for a short or long sentence. Every person that ends up incarcerated it is for their own fault and no one else. Piper Kerman, the author of the book, Orange is the New Black, had stories similar and different to the other female offenders. Her incarceration is something to be speechless for, because of the type of criminal offense she committed, ignoring the education she had already achieved, and because of the socioeconomic status she had. Once in prison, Piper learned how to communicate with the inmates and guards.…
According to section 718.1 of the Criminal Code, Sentencing in Canada “must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender”. Despite that being said, the system tends to leave the final decision to the judge. In 2015, the population of adult offenders showed a decline in the overall adult population at 461 offenders per 100,000 adults (Reitano, 2016) and drug related offences decreased by 15% between 2014 and 2015 (Allen, 2016). Looking at the offenders’ population from a gender point of view, women offenders come at 15% of the correctional population (Reitano, 2016). Although most offenders tend not to end up incarcerated, challenges arise due to the specific needs of the different types of…
Sociology Sex Offender Journal Sex offenders are described as the lowest of the lows and are looked down upon for their crimes. Questions are proposed, such as if the current registry for sex offenders makes the community safer, or if it gives a false sense of security. Another question that is proposed, is whether or not all sex offenders should be registered. One last critical question that is proposed is whether or not the sex offender registry reduces recidivism. These questions can be answered by examining the Florida and Ohio sex offender registry data as well as Lisa Lang’s documentary “Our America - State of Sex Offenders”.…
. It can be and is important to note and decipher that causes of criminality cannot always be attributed to one identifiable or attributed cause as causes of criminality is multifaceted. For example, in striving to determine why women offenders face the onset of imprisonment and incarceration, feminist criminological theory asserts that women turn to crime and criminality as a result of inequality dominated by patriarchy. It can be suggested that women are marginalized within society as a result of pending and ongoing patriarchy. Women bear different challenges in terms of criminality and incarceration.…
`The Trauma, Mental Health and Offending Histories of Women in Jail: Results of a Multi-State U.S. Study was a study funded by the bureau of justice assistances conducted by Joanne Belknap and her research team which consisted of four Ph.D. psychologists from a wide range of institutions and a team of brilliant graduate and undergraduate students from various universities as well. In the study the main research questions were addressing the following concepts: current lifetime prevalence of serious mental illness(SMI), lifetime exposure to violence and adversity(trauma), to what extent does serious mental illness co-occur with PTSD and substance use disorder(SUD), the level of impairment associated with serious mental illness in women offenders,…
Sentencing Disparity among Men and Women Does sentencing disparity exist among men in women who are being sentence for violent, property, and drug offenses? Is sentencing disparity based on race or what ethnic group you belong to? Does judicial bias really take place in the sentencing process? If you are convicted of a crime, the best thing you can having going for you is your gender. Fair sentencing is individualized sentencing.…
There haven’t been many studies on incarcerated women with anti-social personality disorder and substance abuse. Men are more likely than women to have both anti-social personality disorder and substance abuse. While the majority of people that are incarcerated are men, the small percentage of women who are incarcerated are more than likely to be…
Prisoners in a masculine penitentiary populations are accountable for considerable most of the severe offenses than feminine inmates, negating the concept that woman inmates are filtered more proficiently and as a result those who do go to penitentiary are more of a lawbreaker than their male counterparts. It is obvious that the variances amongst female and male correctional facilities are a result of the interaction among correctional institutional characteristics. The simplification that feminine offenders are turn out to be more like masculine offenders is not completely correct. In its place, it is better to say that masculine and feminine inmate subcultures are continuing to follow different lines of development. Therefore, the point of gender distinction in inmate subcultures has not automatically lessened over time.…
What is Gender Gap in Offender Sentencing? Disparity in gender offender sentencing revolves around female defendants irrespective of backgrounds reciving less sever sentences as compared to male defendants in the same category of offence as well as having similar backgrounds. The disparities also touch in the disagreements on whether women are actually favoured as compared to men in offender sentencing. Therefore, gender gaps in offender sentencing can be explained by the pervasiveness found in gender stereotyping associated with offender sentencing.…
The population of women in American prisons is staggeringly high, more than any other country in the world. There could be many different aspects that lead women to have such a large prison population in the united states, more so than simply that America has a large population of women in general. One possible explanation could be that in America women are seen more as equals to men then in some other countries. With women being seen as just as capable as men judges may be less lenient on women then judges of other countries, giving them the same sentences as men. Another possibility could be that perhaps America doesn’t see women as equals to men, and expect women to fir certain roles within society.…
Background: Women who are incarcerated while pregnant, receive no birthing education while in most prisons in the United States. In many states, incarcerated women in labor are transported to the nearest birthing center and are shackled to the labor bed with one armed guard inside the room and another outside the door. They often labor alone because they are not allowed to have a support person. The nurse on duty, is the only form of support they depend upon. Unfortunately, evidence indicates that many of the nurses have a punitive attitude toward the incarcerated patient, resulting in inadequate care.…
Historically, female offenders were imprisoned in a different building within a male prison. Women had to deal with sexual abuse, physical abuse, lack of services, and inadequate privacy. Prison guards were usually male because the characteristics of a prison guard were to mean and strong something society thought women lacked. Male guards had little understanding of female offenders and therefore led to brutal punishment. In 1873, the first all-female prison in the Unites States opened up and was identified as the Indiana Women’s Prison.…
Sexual offenses perpetrated by minors have become an alarming topic over the past few years. Most of society would expect sexual offenses to be committed by mainly adults. These adults are often labeled as predators of young people and seen as pedophiles after committing a sexual offense against a minor. However, juvenile sexual offenders are more common than society may expect.…
Differences between Female’s & Male Prisons The statistically there are more male inmates in the United States than females. Due to these facts there are more male prisons than female prison and more services geared toward male inmates. There are key differences between male’s and female’s prisons. In United States there are about 4,500 prisons; out of the 4,500 prisons there are only around 170 female prisons.…
Criminology has historically sought to explain the causes of crime, with the attention being primarily focused on why men commit a crime. There have been numerous theories that sought to explain why males commit crime however little attention has been paid as to why females commit crimes. With women becoming more liberated and active outside of the home, women were more likely to encounter the criminal justice system. This increased contact led to the criminal justice system shaping feminism. Criminology has influenced feminism by showing that men and women can both be held responsible for their actions when committing crimes.…