Psychological Features of a Woman-Criminal

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of female criminal’s mentality, motives, including crimes committed by women, and a system of relevant psychological characteristics: motivation, attitudes, conviction, emotional and volitional features, etc.Criminalistic aspects, that determine female propensity to crime, are differentiated as such that depend on the social status in social relations, deficiencies associated with violations in the family and everyday life. The attention is drawn to the public reaction to female crime. The study is based on the reliable registered data concerning this type of crime with an emphasis on the differentiating features between female and male crimes. The psychological peculiarities of behavior typical for female criminals are elucidated, namely volatility of emotions, high impulsivity, disorganization, emotional vulnerability. The personality of the woman-criminal is characterized by many factors and among them a set of socio-demographic, socio- psychological, moral, spiritual and legal properties, qualities and relations characterizing the person who committed the crime.