Chapter 3 Flashcards
Minneapolis domestic violence experiment
Tested affectiveness of arresting offenders.
Found that arrest produced least amount of repeat violence
Behind closed doors findings
1/6 spouses are beaten.
National intimate and sexual violence survey.
Gathered info on abuse of diff sexual orientations.
Found bi women have highest victimization rate at 60%.
Also highest for bi men.
National crime victimization survey.
Provides victims age sex race ethnicity.
Provides offenders info
Federal justice stats program
Fed gov has jurisdiction over Indian reservations, military bases,
Classical school
People choose to engage in crime
Critique of classical school
Too simplistic. Doesn’t explain why
The positive school
Causes of crime are biological, psychological, and sociological
Gender role theory
Blames traditional roles of raising children into gender roles conducive to wife battering
Social learning theories
People learn violent tendencies from their environment.
Conflict Perspective
Patriarchal theory and gender inequality.
The chivalry hypothesis
Holds that women are likely to be protected by the legal system.
