Characteristics of Female Offenders
Variable | n | % | Mean | SD |
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Demographics | ||||
Age, y | 41.20 | 8.50 | ||
Race/ethnicity | ||||
Caucasian | 88 | 72.0 | ||
African-American | 34 | 27.9 | ||
Education, y | 11.73 | 2.16 | ||
Employed | 35 | 28.7 | ||
Substance abuse characteristics | ||||
Substance dependent | 92 | 75.4 | ||
Primary substance of abuse | ||||
Alcohol | 23 | 18.9 | ||
Marijuana | 9 | 7.4 | ||
Cocaine (crack) | 34 | 27.9 | ||
Heroin | 28 | 23.0 | ||
Diverted into substance abuse treatment | 73 | 62.3 | ||
Level of substance abuse treatment | ||||
Inpatient treatment | 57 | 78.1 | ||
Intensive outpatient treatment | 9 | 12.3 | ||
Outpatient treatment | 7 | 9.6 | ||
Legal characteristics | ||||
Current misdemeanor charge | 26 | 26.6 | ||
Current felony charge | 89 | 77.4 | ||
Drug-related arrest | 65 | 53.3 | ||
Incarcerated at time of evaluation | 39 | 32.0 | ||
Total number of arrests (lifetime) | 8.25 | 14.39 | ||
Length of current incarceration, months | 6.23 | 13.06 | ||
Family history characteristics | ||||
Family history of violence | 37 | 30.3 | ||
Family history of substance abuse | 73 | 59.8 | ||
Family history of mental illness | 20 | 16.4 | ||
Violence characteristics | ||||
History of violence (victim and/or perpetrator) | 25 | 20.5 | ||
Victim of intimate partner violence | 42 | 34.4 |