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4.4 - Gender & Crime Flashcards

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Gender Patterns in Recorded Crime

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> M + likely to do crime > W & repeat offenders w/ criminal careers.

> F + likely to do crime e.g. theft, fraud, prostitution

> M + likely to do crime e.g. violent crime, rape, CC etc.

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Do Women do more crime?

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> OS underestimate F criminality as they’re - likely to be reported

> e.g. F theft - likely to be reported > M violence

> Even when reported - likely to be prosecuted

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Gender Patterns in Crime (KS)

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> Pollack (Chivalry Thesis)
Graham & Bowling (Self Report Studies)

> Farrington & Morris & Box (Evidence vs CT)
Buckle & Farrington (Evidence vs CT)

> Heidensohn (Bias v Women)
Carlen (Bias v Women)
Walkate (Bias v Women)

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Pollack - Chivalry Thesis

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> CJS made up of M socialised to have protective attitude to F, unwilling to arrest & convict them - be chivalrous to them

> Crimes - likely to end up in OS, gives inaccurate pic underreps F crime

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2 Forms of Evidence for CT

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> OS

> Self-Report Studies

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Self Report Studies - Graham & Bowling (Evidence for CT)

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> Young M 2x + likely than F to commit offence in prev yr,

> But OS shows M 4x + likely to offend

> Also F + likely to be cautioned > prosecuted

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OS - Evidence for CT

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> F + likely to get fines - likely to go prison

> F + to get bail > remanded in custody

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Farrington & Morris & Box - Evidence vs CT

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> F not sentenced + leniently for = offences

> F doing serious offences not treated + favourably > men

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Buckle & Farrington - Evidence vs CT

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> Saw 2x + M shoplifting > women, despite NO of M&F offenders in OS =

> Shows F shoplifters + likely to be prosecuted.

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General Criticisms of CT

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  • F in CJS disregards CT

> F treated + lenient as crimes are - serious

> F face 2x deviancy in CJS, especially when crimes go vs gender norms

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Heidensohn - Bias v Women

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> 2x standards of courts punishing F not M for promiscuous sexual activity

> e.g. 7/11 F referred for support as they were sexual active, but 0/44 M.

> e.g. F not conforming to accepted standards of heterosexuality & motherhood punished + harshly

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Carlen - Bias v Women

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> When F jailed - for seriousness of crime, but courts assesment of them as wives & daughters

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  • likely to jail F w/ kids in care > F seen as good mums
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Walkate - Bias v Women

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> For rape cases V’s on trial not D, as she’s got to prove respectability to have evidence accepted

> Single mom’s find it hard to have testimony accepted.

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Reasons F do less crime

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> Biological Factors
> Functionalist Sex Role Theory
> Patriarchal Control
> Gender & Class Deal
> Liberation Thesis (Actually + crime)
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Reasons F do less crime (KS)

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> Lombroso & Ferrero (Biological Factors)

> Parsons (FSRT)
Cohen (FRST)
RR (FRST)

> Heidensohn’s (Patriarchal Control)
Hirschi’s (Control Theory)
Carlen (Class & Gender Deals)

> Adler (LT)
Denscombe (LT)

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Lombroso & Ferrero - Biological Factors

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> Criminality is innate, - F born criminals

> Higher levels of testosterone leads to + lvls of offending

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Parsons - FSRT

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> M reject F models of behaviour expressing emotion, distance themselves from this

> Engaging in compensatory compulsory masculinity e.g. ASB, risk-taking & aggression

> As M have breadwinner role @ wrk, socialisation’s difficult for boys
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Cohen - FSRT

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> Lack of M role model, so boys turn to all street gangs for source of masculine identity

> Gain status through delinquency.

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RR - FSRT

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Absence of M role model in LPF leads boys to street gangs as source of identity.

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Walkate - Criticisms of FSRT

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> F have biological capacity for kids don’t mean they’re best suited to expressive role.

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Heidensohn - General View on Control & F Crime

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> F - crimes as patriarchal society puts + control over F so - chances to offend

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Heidensohn’s 3 Areas of Patriarchal Control

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> Home
Public
Work

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Home - Heidensohn

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> F usually homemakers, keeps them busy & so - time to do crime

> M impose this role on F through threat of DV.

> F stopped from going out, restricted to bedroom culture, help mums w/ housework, so - chance to do crime

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Work - Heidensohn

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> Glass ceiling stops F getting top positions w/+ chance of WCC

> Sexual harassment keep F in their place

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Public - Heidensohn

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> Feel they can’t go out alone @ night, threat of rape - so stay inside

> Don’t go into pubs (sites of criminal behaviour) - fear being seen as sexually loose

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Criticisms of Heidensohn

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> Patriarchal control pushes ppl into crime > stopping it

> EOP reduce patriarchal control

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Hirschi’s Control Theory

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> We are controlled by being offered a deal e.g. rewards for conforming to norms

> Crime occurs if ppl don’t think they’ll get rewards or rewards of crime are + > risks

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Carlen - Class & Gender Deals

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WC F led to conform through promise of 2 types of deals e.g. Class Deal & Gender Deal

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Class Deal - Carlen

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Working F will be offered material rewards w/ decent standard of living & leisure opportunities.

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Gender Deal - Carlen

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F conforming to TDDOL will get material & emotional rewards of family life

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Implications of Unavailability of Deals - Carlen

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> F couldn’t get jobs & in poverty & can’t get benefits, feel V’s of injustice (CD)

> F faced DV & had generally poor family lifes (GD)

> As they’d gained nothing from GD/CD, crime was only route to decent life - w/ nothing to lose & everything to gain.

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Criticisms of Carlen

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> See F behaviour controlled by ext factors & ignores FW & choice

> C’s sample was unrep only WC & serious offenders

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LT - Adler

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> F + liberated from patriarchy so will be + crime & w/ + severity due to = opp & assertiveness

> F adopt traditional M roles @ wrk & in illegitimate spheres

> No longer do crimes e.g. theft & prostitution, breaking of GC so do WCC.

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LT - Denscombe

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> F = M teens engaging in risk-taking behaviour & G’s adopting M stances

> e.g. desire 4 control/looking hard.

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Lind - Criticisms of LT

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> Most F criminals are WC & uninfluenced by LT

> F doing M crimes e.g. drugs, but due to link w/ prostitution unliberating

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Ladler & Hunt - Criticisms of LT

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> No evidence of structure of prof crime opening to F

> F gang members in US expected to conform to TGR like non-deviant F

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General Criticisms of LT

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F crime rate growing in 50’s before LT

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Evidence supporting + in violent F crime

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From 2000-2008, OS + by avg of 17% each yr.

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General evidence against + in F violent crime

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+ in OS not matched by victim surveys & SRS showing no + trend in F criminality.

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Increase in Female Crime (KS)

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> Schwartz (Net Widening)

> Sharpe (Net Widening & Moral Panic)

> Worrall (Net Widening)

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Schwartz - Net Widening

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No change in F’s involvement in violent crime, + is due to CJS widening net prosecuting F for - serious violence > b4.

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Sharpe - Net Widening

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  • trend for prosecuting F’s for low lvl physical altercations even playground fights

> Most convictions don’t involve weapons

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Worrall - Net Widening

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F’s misbehaviour previously seen as welfare issue, now re-labelled as criminality.

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Moral Panic & Increase in F Criminality

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+ convictions due to media-inspired MP about young F’s being out of control

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Sharpe - Moral Panic

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CJS professionals influenced by media stereotypes of violent ‘’ladettes’’ believed F’s behaviour was getting worse.

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Effects of Moral Panic on F Crime

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> Creates DAS, courts take tougher stance,

> Resulting in + convictions leading to neg media coverage.

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Gender & Victimisation

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  • M > F are V’s of violence/homicide + F > M V’s of DV

> Lots + F faced sexual assault, but little reported to police

> F have + of crime, but CSEW shows they’re @ less risk, but local surveys found opposite.

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Reasons for Male Crime (KS)

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> Messerschmidt (View on Masculinity, Hegemonic & Subordinated Masculinity, MC Men)

> Winlow Postmodernity, Masculinity & Crime & Botdily Capital)

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Messerschmidt - View on Masculinity

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> Social construction M have to wrk @ presenting/projecting

> Some M have more resources > others they can rely on

> Deviance is a resource they rely on to accomplish HM

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2 Types of Masculinity - Messerschmidt

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> Hegemonic (HM)

> Subordinated (SM)

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Hegemonic Masculinity - Messerschmidt

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> Dominant form & most M work to accomplish revolves around paid labour & ability to subordinate F

> Uncontrollable heterosexuality

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Subordinated Masculinity - Messerschmidt

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> Homosexual M, no desire to achieve HM, incl. WC & EM who lack resources 4 it

> So turn to crime e.g. street robberies

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MC Men Masculinity & Crime - Messerschmidt

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MC M use crime to achieve HM, but WCC or CC

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Criticisms of Messerschmidt

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> Description of offenders not explanation.

> Why don’t M all use crime to achieve HM

> Overworked to fit all crimes e.g. joyriding to embezzlement

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Winlow: Postmodernity, Masculinity & Crime

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> Globalisation led 2 - of manual jobs & + service sector e.g. pubs etc.

> Working as bouncers gave M paid work & chance for illegal business ventures in drugs etc

> & opportunity to show masculinity through violence

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Winlow: Bodily Capital (BC)

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> Maintaining ‘’hardman’’ image essential for success in night economy

> Made body-building career necessity w/ need to prove strength & rep

> Acts as form of intimidation, discourages competitors from challenging them

> New crim chances for M creating conditions for + organised criminal subculture

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Criticisms of Winlow

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> BC not only reserved for M w/ over ⅓ of door supervisors in UK are F & + in F bodybuilding

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