Gender And Crime: Explaining Female Criminality Flashcards

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Carlen

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Studied 39 female convicts

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Class deals

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Women who work will be rewarded financially + materially

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Gender deals

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Women are told if they have a marriage + children it will make women happy

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Study

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Women in her study did not achieve these deals, struggled with financial problems due to poor qualifications, suffered with domestic violence, raised negatively by their carers - abused or parents often fought

Concluded that crime is attractive to women who lack controls in their live such as drug abuse, violence + shoplifting

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Evaluation

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Ignores that women have a choice when it comes to committing crime
Gives female criminals a victim status

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