gender and crime

Question 1

men are more likely to…

Answer 1

commit crime

be found guilty

60x more likely to be found guilty of violent offences

Question 2

reasons of men being more likely

Answer 2

inaccurate stats
different socialisation
opportunities to commit crime
social control
chivalry thesis
subcultures

Question 3

socialiZation

Answer 3

different expectations of children’s behaviour

Question 4

McRobbie

Answer 4

bedroom culture
girls likely to stay inside and focus on educational activities
boys likely to be outside

Question 5

socialisation

Answer 5

toxic masculinity
social control- women controlled in home by father then by husband
women more likely to be discriminated in workplace by glass ceilings - less opportunity of white collar crime
committing crime risk women’s reputation

Question 6

chivalry thesis

Answer 6

women treated more lenient by justice system
seen as vulnerable and need help not punishment

Female offenders are
seen as caring and
‘sad’ not ‘bad’ so men
are ‘gentlemanly’ and
treat them better

Question 7

pattern changes

Answer 7

women
starting to commit more crime
gender gap narrowing in offences
number of female offenders 21+ increase

Question 8

feminist carlen gender and class deals

Answer 8

The class deal was that they would work hard in exchange for pay which they
The gender deal
was that they should do domestic labour and give love and companionship to their husbands, in exchange for love and financial support
keeps women respectable
makes women oppressed exploited

Question 9

material deprivation

Answer 9

women more likely to be unemployed
women increasingly committing crime because of
economic state

Question 10

Girl gangs and ladettes
Adler

Answer 10

women adopting
more male characteristics as a
means of fulfilling male social roles

Question 11

Chivalry effect

Answer 11

women in prisons over the last 10 years is due to harsher sentencing rather than because women have started to commit more serious crimes.