Feminist Explanations of Crime and Deviance Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 feminist explanations of crime and deviance?
A
- Women commit less crime than men: the social construction of gender roles
- Patriarchal society generates crimes against women
- Feminist criticisms of the chivalry thesis
- Increase in female criminality: changing gender roles
2
Q
What percentage of women get arrested?
A
18%
3
Q
What percentage of the prison population is add up of women?
A
5%
4
Q
Who argues that women commit less crime than men:the social construction of gender roles?
A
Heidensohn
5
Q
What can be used to support Heidensohn’s argument that women commit less crime than men?
A
McRobbie - bedroom culture
6
Q
Who argues that patriarchal society generates crimes against women by men: domestic violence?
A
Walklate
Dobash and Dobash
Johnson
7
Q
Who argues the feminist response of the chivalry thesis?
A
Heidensohn’s double deviance theory
8
Q
Who argues the chivalry thesis?
A
Pollak
9
Q
Who argues the increase in female criminality?
A
Adler
Denscombe
