Citation

Lodha P, Venkatesh S, Kumar Y, De Sousa A. Violence Gend. 2018; 5(4): 202-208.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/vio.2017.0034

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The review aims to deliberate upon the incentives involved in criminal behavior perpetrated by women offenders in the Indian context. Statistical data denote rising trends in criminal behavior among females with respect to various types of criminal behaviors being executed by female perpetrators in the recent past and present times. There exists a discrepancy between male and female criminal behavior on the basis of the motivation behind criminal acts, neurobiological substrates involved, and dispositional traits responsible for crime. The review attempts to explain the understanding behind such antisocial behavior by explaining links between psychopathology, psychosocial adversities, and female criminality. An insight into the Indian Justice system reveals the relevant history of gender justice and law in India. On the one hand, there has been law protecting the females, while on the other hand, practices of crime have demonstrated an over-advantageous misuse of laws in manipulation by female offenders. The national and international context of scope of intervention requires for an expansive and rehabilitative model for reducing delinquency among females. The intervention is required on a holistic level, dealing with emotional, social, economic, and psychological underpinnings of criminal behavior.

Language: en