Forensics -- Female Criminals Research Term Paper

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126). Finally, both genders of offenders are likelier to marry criminals or antisocial individuals than are non-offenders (Cauffman, 2008, p. 125).

Female offenders differ from male offenders in a number of striking aspects. Though both genders suffer from abnormal brain activity, female offenders tended to have developmental brain patterns with more right frontal lobe activity, similar to non-criminal males, while male offenders tended to have no differences in the activities of either brain lobe (Cauffman, 2008, p. 127). Also, while poor parenting highly influences both genders of offenders, it seems to have a more pronounced effect on female offenders than on male offenders (Cauffman, 2008, p. 128). In addition, though both genders have a high degree of victimization in childhood, females tended to be victimized more often and report being the actual victim (Chesney-Lind & Pasko, 2004, p. 25) while males tended to report witnessing the victimization of others (Cauffman, 2008, p. 130).

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Furthermore, criminal behavior has been more difficult to predict among female offenders at earlier ages, possibly due to societal pressures (Cauffman, 2008, p. 132). While both genders tend to begin their criminal careers at the age of 15 years, female offenders have shorter careers, ranging from 4.9 to 8 years, while male offenders tend to have careers ranging from 7.4 to 10 years (Cauffman, 2008, p. 126). Also, the marriage of female offenders to antisocial persons tends to reinforce their criminality, while males tend to decrease their criminal behavior due to familial relationships and responsibilities (Cauffman, 2008, p. 125). Racial differences make less of a difference in female offenders' behavior than it does for male offenders (Cauffman, 2008, p. 123). Also, while both genders tend to exhibit mental illnesses, female offenders tend.....

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