Mothering, Crime, And Incarceration

By Kathleen J. Ferraro, Angela M. Moe. 2003

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Women who perpetrate intimate partner violence: A review of the literature with recommendations for treatment (2007, background): “Currently, women offenders constitute the fastest growing segment of the criminal justice system and the National Institute of Justice estimates that the increase in the incarceration rate for women is double that of men (Ferraro & Moe, 2003; Mullings, Hartley, & Marquart, 2004).”
The Predictive Validity of a Gender-Responsive Needs Assessment (2009, background): “In support, some studies with mothering offenders have detected a relationship between parental stress and crime (Ferraro & Moe, 2003; Ross, Khashu, & Wamsley, 2004).”
Long-Term Patterns of Offending in Women (2010, background): “Feminist scholars remind us that women are often caretakers for children, the elderly, and the sick (Enos, 2001; Ferraro & Moe, 2003; Gilfus, 1992; Pepler & Craig, 2005; Richie, 1996).”
Achieving Accurate Pictures of Risk and Identifying Gender Responsive Needs: Two New Assessments for Women Offenders 1 (2008, background): “Some studies with mothering offenders have detected a relationship between parental stress and crime (Ferraro & Moe, 2003; Ross, Khashu, & Wamsley, 2004).”