紧张、负面情绪和中国被监禁妇女的犯罪水平

Tension,Negative Emotions and Crime Level of Chinese Imprisoned Women

一般紧张理论(GST)是最常被测试的犯罪学理论之一。根据GST,紧张倾向于产生负面情绪,产生纠正措施的压力,如犯罪和违法行为。虽然GST得到了强有力的实证支持,但一个未得到充分解决的问题是,在评估该理论的普遍性时,抽样人口缺乏多样性。本研究以我国四所监狱335名在押女性为研究对象,探讨压力与消极情绪对女性犯罪水平的影响。压力变量、身体虐待和歧视对女性服刑人员犯罪水平有正向影响,而消极情绪与女性服刑人员犯罪水平无显著相关。两个控制变量,即目前的犯罪年龄和受教育程度,是预测女性犯罪的指标,其中较年轻和受教育程度较低的女性犯罪更严重。讨论了对未来研究和政策的影响。

General stress theory(GST)is one of the most commonly tested criminological theories.According to the GST,tension tends to generate negative emotions and pressures for corrective actions,such as crime and offenses.Although GST has strong empirical support,the sample population lacks diversity in assessing the universality of the theory.This study takes 335 female detainees in four prisons in China as the research object,and explores the impact of stress and negative emotions on the level of female crime.Stress variables,physical abuse,and discrimination had positive effects on female prisoners,while negative emotions were not significantly related.Control variables,namely the current crime age and education,are indicators for predicting female crime,and younger and less educated women have more serious crimes.This study still discusses the future research and policy implications.