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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Female Incarceration Rates and Crimes Against Women Predict Female Migration across Countries

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Global Psychological Science Perspectives

  • Kelsey McNulty-Kowal
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Stacy Griffin
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Kristine Jacquin
    Fielding Graduate University

Abstract

Our study examined female migration across countries with female juvenile and adult incarceration rates and crimes against women (homicide, intimate partner violence, rape) as predictors. These predictors explained 34% of variance in female migration, demonstrating that incarceration and crimes against women are powerful motivators for women to leave their countries.

Forensic/Criminal Justice