Przekonania a gotowość do agresji kobiet skazanych za popełnienie przestępstwa z użyciem przemocy

Abstract

The monograph deals with the subject of conditions for violent female criminality. It presents predominantly cognitive determinants of readiness for interpersonal aggression manifested by women imprisoned for committing violent crimes. The theoretical part discusses the definition of aggression, aggressiveness and readiness for aggression. Three mechanisms of triggering aggression are presented in detail in the monograph, which constitute separate forms of readiness for aggression according to the theory proposed by A. Frączek. Subsequently, the concept of violence is discussed, presenting its various forms and the specificity of its use by both genders. The following chapters present the relationship between the cognitive system and the activation of aggressive behavior. The empirical part presents the results of the author’s own research. The aim was to analyze the relationship between selected beliefs of women committing violent crimes and their readiness to aggression, taking into account its three distinct forms: readiness for emotional-impulsive, habitual-cognitive and personality-immanent aggression. First, a comparison has been made between women imprisoned for violent crimes and women convicted for non-violent crimes, focusing on the severity of each form of readiness for aggression and the severity of particular beliefs studied in both groups. Next, cognitive risk factors of each of the three forms of readiness for aggression have been presented, identifying the mechanisms that shape their high intensity in the group of women imprisoned for violent crimes.