Citation

Solinas-Saunders M, Stacer MJ. Vict. Offender 2017; 12(1): 138-173.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2015.1101033

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

As a consequence of the War on Drugs, many women experience repeated incarceration. Extant research on habitual offending has mostly focused on male offenders. Drawing upon research on female and male offenders' recidivism, traditional theories of female criminality and the premises of GST, social control, and differential association theories, we constructed an integrated model to examine risk factors for repeated incarcerations among male and female adult offenders. We used data from the Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities. Our analysis revealed that, similarly to male offenders, female offenders' repeated incarcerations were statistically associated with drug abuse, exposure to family members' and friends' drug addiction, parental incarceration, and unemployment.

Language: en

Keywords

female offenders; general strain theory; repeated incarcerations; retrospective investigation