Gender and crime

Question 1

Pollack - chivalry thesis

Answer 1

Women are less likely to be convicted of crime, due to the fact that the CJS is made up of men who are socialised to be chivalrous towards women.

Question 2

EVAL - chivalry thesis

Answer 2

Women may get treated more leniently because their crimes are less serious

Question 3

Parsons

Answer 3

Females are less likely to commit crime due to their role models and their socialisation growing up which teaches them to be passive

Question 4

EVAL - Parsons

Answer 4

Makes the biological assumption that women are more nurturing and find their role models in mothers

Question 5

Carlen

Answer 5

Women make class and gender deals where they are in paid jobs to meet their material needs and conform to the gender norm of being a mother to gain emotional rewards.
Not all women can access these so they may commit crime

Question 6

EVAL - Carlen

Answer 6

Not generalisable to all women

Question 7

Messerschmidt

Answer 7

Men commit crime to show their masculinity and to prove they are men

Question 8

EVAL - Messerschmidt

Answer 8

Not all men commit crime to accomplish masculinity

Question 9

Labelling (men)

Answer 9

Men are stereotypically the breadwinner in the family, so they may commit crime to achieve this.

Question 10

EVAL - labelling

Answer 10

The family has become more symmetrical so men no longer have to be the sole provider of the family