SELF IMAGE AND SOCIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF FEMALE OFFENDERS - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF WOMAN'S IMAGE IN SOME SOCIETIES

• NCJ Number: 7267
• Author(s): M BERTRAND
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 465 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

CRIMINOLOGICAL FINDINGS AS INDICES OF DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE SEXES AND AS A LEAD TO WOMAN'S IMAGE.

Abstract

THIS WORK IS DEVELOPED ON THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK THAT IN MALE DOMINATED SOCIETIES, WOMEN ARE SUBJECT TO A PATTERN OF INSTRUMENTALITY WHICH DEPRIVES THEM OF PERCEIVING THEMSELVES AS AGENTS AND MAKES THEM VICTIMS AND OBJECTS. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, IT ALSO DEPRIVES SOCIETY OF THE WILL TO SANCTION EFFECTIVELY AND FAIRLY ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF WOMEN, WHICH SO OFTEN MEET SOME OF SOCIETAL NEEDS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THE VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS TO WHICH WOMEN ARE SUBJECTED SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS LIKE LAWS, CRIMINAL SEX RATIOS AND SENTENCING PRACTICES. A LITERATURE SURVEY ON SEX RATIOS IS GIVEN IN THE INTRODUCTION. THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE OFFENDERS IS DISCUSSED AND THE STATE OF FEMALE CRIMINALITY AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN FRANCE, CANADA BELGIUM AND THE U.S. ANALYZED STATISTICALLY. THE BOOK DEALS WITH THE SELF IMAGE OF FEMALE OFFENDERS. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE PROBABILITY OF AND INSTANCES IN WHICH WOMEN SEE THEMSELVES AS DIFFERENT FROM MEN ACCORDING TO THE AGENT - OBJECT MODEL OF INQUIRY. TABLES, GRAPHS, TEST QUESTIONNAIRES AND STATISTICAL ANALYSES ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)