PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Public Safety Canada, Predictive Validity, Psychopathy

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3402
• Professor: Julie Blais

Document Summary

Women and girls commit less crime (regardless of methodology) 2005 20% of people accused of crime. Women represent a small proportion of total federal admissions (6. 1% in 2010-11; public. Homicide 90% male offenders: women: victim is an intimate partner (motivation is domestic violence, men: motivation when they kill an intimate partner is jealousy (more likely to kill stranger than women are) Men commit more of all types of non-violent crime with the exception of prostitution. Men commit more of all types of violent crime. Adolescent limited male to female ratio (1. 5 to 1) Life course persistent male to female ratio (10 to 1) (moffitt et al. , 2001) Women offenders: have a partner with criminal history, physically/sexually abused, offend against someone they know, less likely to have previous criminal record, granted conditional release, less likely reoffend upon release. Women tend to have ~ 1 month or less for their sentences as compared to males.