Gender And Crime - Class Deals Flashcards
1
Q
Class deals
A
Promise of rewards
W/c women not liberated
If they work, promised material rewards and decent standards of living
2
Q
Gender deals
A
Material or emotional awards
Good family life if fulfilled expectations
If no reward - frustrated - crime
W/c women in poverty - gender deal failed - poor family life / abuse - domestic violence - gave up - alcohol + drugs
3
Q
Weak attachment theory
A
Radical feminist
Carlen
Weak attachment to family
They’d been abused
Run away from home
Weak attachment to paid work
Rational conclusion = crime
4
Q
Too much focus on the…
A
Male of control of the class and gender deal
5
Q
Carlen’s sample was…
A
Unrepresentative
