Feminism, Crime And Deviance

Question 1

What do crime statistics show that women are far more likely to be the victim of?

Answer 1

Sexual violence

Question 2

What are the two ways a women might get treated in the CJS?

Answer 2

They will be treated more leniently (chivalry thesis)

Or they will be seen as doubly deviant as they are going against the law and against gender norms

Question 3

Who wrote ‘Sex Role Theory’ 1985?

Answer 3

Hidenshon

Question 4

Who coined the phrase ‘male stream’ in her 1981 novel?

Answer 4

O’Brien

Question 5

What were the reasons why Hidenshon (1985) claimed that sociologists ignored female crime?

Answer 5

Male dominance of offenders
Male domination of society
Gender of theorists
Vicarious identification

Question 6

What were the 3 reasons that Hidenshon (1985) suggested that women commit less crimes?

Answer 6

Biological reasons
Sex role theory
Transgression

Question 7

What did Lombroso claim caused females to commit less crime (biological reason, Hidenshon)

Answer 7

He claimed that female hormones repel them from deviant and criminal behaviour

Question 8

Which feminst theorist can be linked to Hidenshon’s sex role theory?

Answer 8

Anne Oakly - setting and streaming

Question 9

What is the Oxford dictionary definition of Ladette’s?

Answer 9

‘Young women who behave in a boisterous, assertive or crude manner and engage in heavy drinking sessions’

Question 10

What percentage did the crimes commited by girls under the age of 18 increase by accourding to Slack (2009) (linked to laddetes)

Answer 10

50% in the past 4 years (data recorded in 2009)

Question 11

Which subculture is the opposition to traditional female socialisation?

Answer 11

Ladettes

Question 12

What is Pat Carlen associated with?

Answer 12

Deal theory

Question 13

What were two examples of ideological control that Hedishon suggested may explain the lower crime rates in girls?

Answer 13

Societys shared values of females

The fact that social bonds (link to Hirschi) tend to be stronger in girls as they are socalised to form stronger ones

Question 14

What was the strongest link that was seen in most of the w/c female prisoners in Pat Carlen’s research into recidivism?

Answer 14

The strongest link was poverty

Question 15

Why might poor women be more likely to commit crime? (Link to Merton)

Answer 15

Because they have limited legitimate means to change their situation so may turn to illegitimate means (link to Merton’s Strain theory)

Question 16

What did Carlen (1981) with deal theory suggests about women who rejected their gender deal?

Answer 16

She claimed that women who rejected their gender deal were far more likely to commit crime

Question 17

Why would women typically reject their gender deal according to Carlen (1981)?

Answer 17

If they have suffered from abuse (e.g from their fathers)

Question 18

How did Mcrobbie’s Bedroom culture explain the difference in offending rates between the genders?

Answer 18

She claimed that socialisation has lead to women staying indoors more and therefore having less opppertunity to commit crime

Question 19

What is Hegemonic masculinity?

Answer 19

It typical male stereotypes , sometimes called ‘toxic masculinity’

Question 20

What percentage of the prision population is male?

Answer 20

93%

Question 21

What did Adler (1975) claim that female liberation would lead to?

Answer 21

Higher levels of crime

Question 22

Why did Box (1983) claim causes women to commit crime? (Link to class)

Answer 22

He claimed it was because of poverty

Question 23

Who wrote about Chivalry thesis?

Answer 23

Anderson and Pollock (seperately)

Question 24

What did Hidesohn’s transgression look into?

Answer 24

Using Postmodernist views, it looks at the wider context surrounding crime (e.g things that damage women, such as porn)

Question 25

What did Leonard find happened to bad mothers in the CJS?

Answer 25

They were treated more harshly

Question 26

What did Gelsthrope (1989) find about the view of sexualised behaviours between the sexes?

Answer 26

He found that girls are often punished for sexuaised behaviour, were male promiscuity is seen as natural and encouraged

Question 27

What did Box find about the treatment of women who committed serious crimes?

Answer 27

He found that women who commited serious crimes are viewed the same as men who do so

Question 28

What are 3 strengths of feminist explanations for crime?

Answer 28

It has allowed women to be seen as victims

It contributes to control theory

It has triggers wide dicussion such as masculinity

Question 29

What would Marxists say about feminism?

Answer 29

They would say that it overlooks class entirely and blames sociatal issues on gender

Question 30

What are two criticisms of feminst explinations for crime and deviance?

Answer 30

Women are not always the victim

It is overdeterminstic as it ignores social situation