gender and crime

Question 1

Heidenshon

Answer 1

Patriarchal control - explanation of female crimes
Women are at home - They don’t get times to be committing crimes
At work: Male managers/supervisors prevent them from committing crimes
In Public: Fear of male violence/fear of being labelled as being not respectable

Question 2

Messerschmitt

Answer 2

If a man does conform to hegemonic masculinity then threy will commit crimes to make them seem “more masculine”

Hegemonic masculinity: Paid labour/subordination of women/heterosexism

Subordinate masculinity: Homosexuality/disability which prevents them from working

Question 3

Pollack

Answer 3

Chivalry thesis:
The CJS is majority male, who have been raised to have a chivalrous/protective attitude towards them - not arresting them as much.

Question 4

Adler

Answer 4

Liberation thesis:
Patriarchal control has lessened meaning that women are committing more male crimes and positions.

Question 5

Parsons

Answer 5

Sex role theory:
Socialisation for boys is much harder because the male role occurs outside the home & males will engage in compensatory compulsory masculinity”

Question 6

Carlen

Answer 6

Class and gender deals:
The working class are led to conform through the promise of two deals
The class deal = material rewards/leisure opportunities
The gender deal = Patriarchal ideology promises women maternal/emotional rewards

Question 7

Heidenshon pt 2

Answer 7

Women are punished more harshly when they deviate their social roles