Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id JAA10004; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:29:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:29:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s8be345e.097@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:518] Women offenders and literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.2.1 Status: OR Some of you who work with women offenders or are interested in this area, may want to know the following latest statistics reported by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. I have copied some of their statistics. Do any of you have any comments/concerns about these figures? Based on self-reports of victims of violence, women account for about 14% of violent offenders. An estimated 28% of violent female offenders are women. Three out of four victims of violent female offenders are women. Nearly 2/3 victims had a prior relationship with the female offender. An estimated 4/10 women committing violence were perceived by the victim as being under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Nearly 6/10 women in State Prisons had experienced physical or sexual abuse in the past; just over a third of imprisoned women had been abused by an intimate in the past; and just under a quarter reported prior abuse by a family member. In 1996 the average sentence and time served for women were shorter than for males with equivalent offenses. Mothers and stepmothers committed about half of their children's murders. Sons and stepsons accounted for 52% of those killed by mothers and 57% of those killed by fathers. Mothers were responsible for a higher share of children killed during infancy, while fathers were more likely to have been responsible for the murders of children age 8 or older. While nearly 2/3 of women under probation are white, nearly 2/3 of those in jail belong to minority groups. An estimated 60% of those on probation, 55% of those in local jails, 56% of those in State prisons, and 73% of those in Federal prison have completed high school, and 30-40% of high school graduates have attended some college or more. Approximately 7/10 women under correctional sanction have children under the age of 18. Any thoughts about all of this? Feel free to visit the Bureau of Justice Statistics: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Daphne Greenberg Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University University Plaza Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 Fax: 404-651-1415 Ph: 404-651-0400 E-mail: alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu
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