The effects of gender and previous prison sentence on the risk of committing crime among a substance-abusing population
Is the gender gap theory in criminology valid for substance abusers who have been imprisoned? We analyzed the risk of committing a crime between 2006 and 2010 using a Cox regression analysis. The data from Finland consisted of 2,034 women and 4,537 men substance abusers divided into groups based on...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2017
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Crime & delinquency
Jahr: 2018, Band: 64, Heft: 6, Seiten: 703-722 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Is the gender gap theory in criminology valid for substance abusers who have been imprisoned? We analyzed the risk of committing a crime between 2006 and 2010 using a Cox regression analysis. The data from Finland consisted of 2,034 women and 4,537 men substance abusers divided into groups based on prior imprisonment. Overall, men had a greater risk of committing any crime than women did. However, the gender gap hypothesis was not valid in the specific case of property crimes in a substance-abusing population with prior incarcerations. Women with prior convictions differ profoundly from other substance-abusing women. This raises a question if imprisonment had a wider marginalizing effect on women than on men. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-387X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0011128716682229 |
