Crime & Deviance - Liberation Thesis + Crime & Gender - Tara Young (2009) & Girls In Gangs

Question 1

Tara Young (2009)

Answer 1

• feminist sociologist who focuses on anti-social behaviour and violent crimes

Question 2

what is the liberation thesis (3)

Answer 2

• the growing freedoms that women enjoy
• cultural revolution that has re-evaluated women’s roles and has led to them being re-defined
• a gender-quake

Question 3

statistics that prove that liberation thesis impacts female criminality? (3)

Answer 3

2003-2006: crimes committed by females rose by 38%, while men’s rose by 6%
1999-2008: female arrests went from 37,100 to 88,100

Question 4

Eval/counter for liberation thesis (2)

Answer 4

• little evidence to prove feminism has infuenced crime rates
• mid-class yt women benefitted most from feminist movement, not working-class whoare more likely to offend

Question 5

Describe Tara Young’s study (2009) (3)

Answer 5

• 25 girls known to a Youth Offender team in London
• shared negative life experiences including bouts of homelessness, material dep, strained family relationships, etc..
• criminal behaviour was too tempting

Question 6

Eval for Tara Young’s study/girl-gangs in general (4)

Answer 6

• girls in gangs only 5% of gang members in London
• tend to be loosely organised, lack of joining rituals and involve ‘hanging out” rather than hardened crime
• isn’t clear why some girls are drawn to gangs, while others aren’t
• female criminality has prob always existed, women are relatively new as subjects of criminological research

Question 7

How have changes in society enabled more women to commit crimes? (2)

Answer 7

• Women are become liberated from male oppression
• taking on increasingly male roles in the workplace & doing the same when it comes to crime

Question 8

What is the liberation thesis? (2)

Answer 8

• a gender-quake is taking place where old stereotypes of girls are breaking down
• ride is a ladette culture includes women partying, drinking, and engaging with drugs more

Question 9

Stats for increased violent female criminality from 2000-2008 (2 points, 1 stat)

Answer 9

• Women arrested for violence increased by 17% yearly
• ‘she-male gangsters’ increasingly present

Question 10

Evan/counter for female-liberation argument regarding class (1)

Answer 10

• overlooks how middle-class women have benefitted most from feminist movement, yet are less likely to commit crimes compared to work in class women

Question 11

Eval/counter for female-liberation argument regarding understanding fem crime rates (1)

Answer 11

• it might help explain why there has been a growth in female crime, but does not help understand why fema, Es commit crime in the first place