Discounting Women: Context Matters in Risk and Need Assessment |
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Authors: | Janet T Davidson Meda Chesney-Lind |
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Institution: | (1) Criminology & Criminal Justice, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Behavioral Sciences #108, 3140 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816-1578, USA;(2) Women’s Studies Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI, USA |
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Abstract: | Widely used risk/need assessment instruments assume that female offender risks for recidivism are essentially equivalent to
those of male offenders. A look at the lives of female and male offenders reveals that there are important differences in
the context of both offending and re-offending. This research draws on both quantitative and qualitative data to explore the
effectiveness of a well known risk instrument to both predict recidivism and potentially direct intervention efforts. The
results, particularly the in-depth interviews with offenders (both male and female) serving time on parole or felony probation
reveal differences not detected by most contemporary risk and need assessment instruments. Ultimately, the gendered links
among physical and sexual abuse, drugs, and crime are missed in risk and need assessments, thereby placing female offenders
at risk for neglect and criminalization in an otherwise seemingly objective method of assessment. |
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