Abstrakt: | 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. |