Female crime rates and figures in the Republic of North Macedonia

Stefanovska, Vesna and Peovska, Natasha (2024) Female crime rates and figures in the Republic of North Macedonia. In: Prison Environment: A Female Perspective. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, 191--204. ISBN 978-86-80756-68-4

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Abstract

Studies on female crime have long been on the margins of criminological studies. By the 1960’s,
most criminologists have focused on male offenders and on the criminal justice system's
responses to male crime. The lack of attention to female crime stemmed from the fact that the
majority of crimes at that time were committed by men. Considering that in the last two decades
of the 20th century, the rate of female incarceration has increased, there is a growing need for
research on girls and women as both offenders and victims, on female crime, and also, about the
criminal justice response to female crime (Sharp F. Susan, 2009: 245). Main research questions
refer to analyses of female patterns, types of female crimes, the link between the victimisation
and later criminal behaviour, causes of female crime, women incarceration and women behind
the bars. This paper reviews some research studies on female crime with special focus on female
crime rate and figures in Macedonia in the last 5 years. The purpose is to examine the patterns of
arrest, sentencing and incarceration of women offenders compared to male, as well as to
examine the dynamic and trends of those patterns during a five-year period. Another aim of this
study is to analyse certain the socio-demographic features of women prisoners that were
obtained through access and review of women prisoner’s files. A short questionnaire instrument
was prepared for data collection on which a descriptive analysis was made.
Keywords: Female crime, female offenders, female prison, crime rate

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Law Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Other social sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Security
Depositing User:	Fbs Eprints
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2024 12:27
Last Modified:	30 Oct 2024 12:27
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10362

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