User talk:Gatorres25/Mental health among female offenders in the United States/BlazeBolt Peer Review

Peer Review
Hello, I read your article and overall, I found it to be neutral, well cited, and very informative. The statistics that you added were crucial in helping the reader understand the prevalence of mental health problems among women in prison. The article mentioned that women in prison are more likely to have PTSD and other mental health disorders while in prison. I wonder if there are any studies that compare previous mental health levels to current levels while in prison. It may be that the environment itself exacerbates symptomatology. There are some quick changes that could be made to the overall article such as paraphrasing quotes throughout and removing redundant information on gender differences. Another easy change that could be made is under the section "Victimization and criminal offending". The sentence that starts with "Although sociologists do not point to a single explanation...", mentions trauma as a cause for substance abuse. The word cause can be removed or just replaced with a term that suggests correlation. Also, the articles cited on recidivism are not recent. You chose an interesting article that with some minor changes could become a solid review of mental health among female inmates. MonikaBlazeBolt (talk) 23:38, 29 November 2021 (UTC)