The authors review evidence of gender-responsive factors for women in prisons. Some
gender-responsive needs function as risk factors in prison settings and contribute to …

Background: Rates of posttraumatic stress disorder and exposure to violence among
incarcerated males and females in the US are exponentially higher than rates among the …

Although qualitative research in the area of gender-responsive offending pathways has
grown extensively, little quantitative work has been conducted. This study utilizes interview …

Qualitative approaches for identifying and characterizing women's pathways to crime are
being augmented by quantitative methods. This study applies quantitative taxonomic …

The Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) and the Youth version
(YLS/CMI) generate an assessment of risk/need across eight domains that are considered to …

Drawing on recent scholarship on prisoner reentry and gendered pathways to crime, this
research explores how social relationships, incarceration experiences, and community …

Research Summary Over the past two decades, researchers have been increasingly
interested in measuring the risk of offender recidivism as a means of advancing public safety …

The study examined the predictive performance of social cognitive variables derived from a
gender-neutral theory of criminal behavior in relation to several variables suggested as …

This study examined the validity, reliability, equity, and cost of nine juvenile justice risk
assessment instruments. Though many researchers and practitioners believe that risk …

Feminist pathways research has influenced theoretical development by challenging the
gender neutrality of mainstream explanations for offending and victimization. This approach …