Gender And Crime - Chivalry Thesis

Question 1

Pollack

Answer 1

Women commit as much crime as men
Their crime is just more hidden
The criminal justice system is ‘paternalistic’
Females do not fit ‘police stereotypes’
Women are less likely to be stopped, arrested or charged
Softer treatment

Question 2

Which gender dominates the police force?

Answer 2

Males

Question 3

Flood-page

Answer 3

Women who had admitted to committing crimes were less likely to be charged

Question 4

Graham and Bowling - strength

Answer 4

Self-report studies
Women do more crime

Question 5

Hood - strength

Answer 5

Women in court were 1/3 less likely to be imprisoned compared to men

Question 6

Steffensmeir and Allan - strength

Answer 6

Women treated more leniently by the courts
Judges more reluctant to separate women from their children

Question 7

Farrington and Morris - weakness

Answer 7

408 convictions for theft
Women were NOT sentenced any more leniently

Question 8

Heidensohn - weakness

Answer 8

Women are treated MORE HARSHLY than men
Especially if they DO NOT FIT the stereotype of a conventional woman and femininity