Gender And Crime

Question 1

Give two stats for gender patterns in crime

Answer 1

4 out of 5 convicted are male

Males are more likey to be REPEAT OFFENDERS

Question 2

What does Pollak say about gender and crime?

Answer 2

Men have a more PROTECTIVE ATTITIUDE towards women.

Means that the crimal justice is system is more LENIENT towards women

Question 3

What is the chivalry thesis?

Answer 3

The criminal justice system acts more lenient towards women.

Question 4

What did Graham and Bowling find when researching gender and crime?

Answer 4

Although men were more liklely to offend the differenece was SMALLER than recorded.
Official stats show that they are FOUR times more likely, however they found they were TWO more likely.

Question 5

Name the 2 sociologists who argued the case of chivalry thesis.

Answer 5

Pollak

Graham and Bowling

Question 6

What did Box say against the chivalry thesis?

Answer 6

Found that women are not treated more favoruably than men. Women are more likely to show REMORSE and this is why they are more likely to be CAUTIONED rather than COURT.

Question 7

What does Parsons say about explaining male crime?

Answer 7

As women socilaise the children, they bos tend to REJECT feminine traits. therefore they engage in COMPENSATORY COMPULSARY MASCULINTY through anti social behaviour

Question 8

What does Cohen say about explaining male crime?

Answer 8

Lack of an ADULT ROLE MODEL means boys are more likely to turn all male STREET GANGS as a source of MASCULINE IDENTITY.

Question 9

What does Heidensohn say about female crime?

Answer 9

PATRIARCHAL CONTROL:

PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY imposes GREATER CONTROL over women and this reduces their opporunties to offend.

Question 10

In what 3 places does patriarchal control take place?

Answer 10

At home
Public
Work

Question 11

What 2 things do Dobash and Dobash say about female control at home?

Answer 11

Violence results from mens DISSATISFACTION with their wives’ perfromance of domestic duties.
BEDROOM CULTURE - Not allowed out at night often.

Question 12

What was Carlen’s study?

Answer 12

THIRTY NINE 15-46 year old working class women

Question 13

What did Carlen find from her study? 2 main points.

Answer 13

Women are led to conform through DEALS:
CLASS DEAL - women who work will be offered MATERIAL REWARDS
GENDER DEAL - PATRIARCHAL IDEOLOGY promises women MATERIAL and EMOTIONAL rewards from FAMILY LIFE by CONFORMING to the norms of a concentional domestic gender role.

Question 14

What is the liberation thesis and who coined it?

Answer 14

ADLER:

As women becomre MORE EQUAL their crimes will become as SERIOUS AS MENS.

Question 15

What sociologists talk about female crime?

Answer 15

ADLER
CARLEN
HEIDENSOHN

Question 16

What does messerschmidt say about male crime?

Answer 16

Masculinty is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT and men onstantly work at CONSTRUCTING and PRESENTING it to others.

Question 17

What is hegemonic masculinity and according to who?

Answer 17

Messerschmidt:

Practices that PROMOTE THE DOMINATE SOCIAL POSITION of men, and the SUBORDIANTE SOCIAL POSTION of women.

Question 18

Why do White middle class youth commint crime according to Messerschmidt?

Answer 18

Have to SUBORDINATE themselves to teachers to ACHIEVE middle class status. Outside of school, theri massculinity takes an OPPOSITIONAL form eg drinking

Question 19

Why do White working class youth commint crime according to Messerschmidt?

Answer 19

have less chance of success in educations. Their masculinity is OPPOSITIONAL both IN and OUT of school. eg WILLIS

Question 20

Why do Black working class youth commint crime according to Messerschmidt?

Answer 20

Use GANG and VIOLENCE to express their masculinity

Question 21

What sociologists do you need to know for male crime?

Answer 21

Messerschmidt
Parsons
Cohen