Classic Explanations of Crime Part 3

Question 1

Feminism and Criminology

Answer 1

Feminists argued that more attention needed to be given to understanding women’s experiences as victims of crime, and to female criminals.

Part of a social movement helping to change social attitudes and CJS responses to issues like rape and domestic violence.

Question 2

Male Violence Against Women in the 1980s

Answer 2

Prior to mid 1980s, police often did not lay charges or the perpetrator would be charged with “being drunk and disorderly in the home”.

Question 3

What idea emerged as more woman were entering academia

Answer 3

more women in education = more deviant

Question 4

Liberation/Emancipation Hypothesis

Answer 4

-Adler and Simon

-As girls and women gained more freedom and rights, they would become just as likely as boys and men to commit crime

Question 5

What did further analysis reveal about woman committing crime

Answer 5

Further analysis revealed women were committing common property offences…they were not receiving the benefits of this second wave of feminism/emancipation
(ex. Passing bad cheques, shoplifting, welfare fraud)

Question 6

Power Control Theory

Answer 6

-Hagan
- The amount of power a parent had in the workplace was related to the control displayed in the household over their teenage children.
(workplace dynamic affects home life)

-Generally - teenaged boys are freer to deviate than teenaged girls.

Question 7

What are the two type of households in power control theory

Answer 7

Patriarchal and Egalitarian

Patriarchal Household: Delinquency rates of girls were considerably lower than those of boys. ( argument = girls don’t get the opportunity to be delinquent)

Egalitarian households: self-reported delinquency was more similar for boys and girls.

Question 8

Criticisms of Power Control Theory

Answer 8

-Does not explain serious or repetitive delinquency.

-Implicitly blames increases in female crime on mothers who are working.