3 Reasons For Gender Gap In Criminality Flashcards
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Biological theories
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- Comoros o and Ferraro: high levels of testosterone
Women are more emphatic than men = higher levels of fearfulness
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Sex role thoery ( functionalist explanation )
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- boys are socialised to act more aggressive and ‘masculine’
- gender role socialisation = reduces female criminality and increase male criminality
- A02: Heilman and Hamson = men still fell pushed to live in the ‘man box’
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Evaluation for biological reasons
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- outdated
- fanciful
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Evaluation for the sex role theory
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- gender role no longer exist
- pm = metanarrative
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Control theory
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- Heidson: argues that male-dominated patriarchal societies control women more effectively than they do men
- control operated at work, public and home
A02: Took’s - British Asian cultures = low rates of criminality as a results of ‘key dynamics embedded into Asian culture’
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Evaluation for the control theory
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- the rise of feminisms has allowed the questioning/ criticism of the control theory in the sense that are women still being controlled at home, work and in public?
