Well, yes actually. According to Bureau of Justice stats for the period 1993-1997:
Women committed 9% of homicides, 2% of sexual assaults, 7% of armed robberies, 11% of aggravated assaults, and 18% of simple assaults. No matter how heinous the acts you saw may have been, women are far less likely to commit them. ________________________________ From: Don Allen [dal...@langara.bc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:27 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Any guesses on the probability? Well no actually. In a previous life I spent about ten years as a prison psychologist. I worked in both male and female federal and provincial correctional centres so I have a fair amount of experience to draw on. I can assure you that women have committed acts that were as heinous (and more) than did their male counterparts. These crimes ran the gamut from homicide to sexual assault. One story that was frequently presented was: "I copped to the plea so my girlfriend could walk". I have no way of verifying those claims but I suspect that a number of them were true. The notion that women are less capable of vile acts than men fits well with a view of women as the "fair sex" but I don't think that it is well supported by the data. -Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: sbl...@ubishops.ca Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:29 pm Subject: Re: [tips] Any guesses on the probability? To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > On 16 Sep 2009 at 13:04, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > However, that doesn't answer my main question as to whether > there is a > > bias in the legal system and society in general that women are > > considered less capable of vile acts than men, and why this > might be > > Because it's true? > > Stephen > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > Don Allen Dept. of Psychology Langara College 100 W. 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5Y 2Z6 Phone: 604-323-5871 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
