‘It was do or die’ – How a woman’s experience of domestic abuse can influence her involvement in crime: A qualitative investigation of the experiences of community-based female offenders.
Journal: Figshare
Year: 2015

Female offenders are far more likely to have experienced domestic abuse than the general female population. Yet despite wide acknowledgement of a relationship between domestic abuse and female offending there is a lack of research seeking to explore how this relationship operates. Therefore the central premise of this research was to examine ways in which a woman’s experience of domestic abuse may influence her involvement in crime. By focusing upon how women cope with their experiences of domes