Title: Feminist pathways perspective - Wikipedia
Headings: Feminist pathways perspective
Feminist pathways perspective
Contents
Victimization
Connection to criminal activity
Demographics of victimization
Age
Gender
Polyvictimization
Main Routes from Victimization to Crime
Child abuse
Partner abuse
Critique of the victimization explanation
Women's agency
Intersectionality
Separating offenders and victims
References

Content: Female offenders are more likely to have been abused than male offenders and more likely to have been victimized than female non-offenders. A survey of national correctional populations found that over half of female inmates have been physically or sexually abused, compared to fewer than one in five male inmates. Literature suggests female offenders' victimization often begins at a young age and persists through her lifetime. Nearly two thirds of incarcerated women have experienced at least one event of abuse by age eleven. Ninety-two percent of girls under 18 in the California juvenile justice system report having faced emotional, sexual, or physical abuse. Eighty percent of women in prison in the United States have experienced an event of physical or sexual abuse in her lifetime. This lifetime of violence is "pervasive and severe." The literature suggests that the prevalence of victimization among incarcerated women and its cumulative impact indicates that victimization is a central factor for women's entry into crime. Demographics of victimization
The feminist pathways perspective is not meant to suggest that victimization is unique to women. Instead, this perspective addresses how gender impacts the experience of victimization, and how this difference in experience paves the path to crime for women.