Gender& Crime Flashcards

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  • Boys are more likely to be brought up to be tough - girls to be more complaint therefore follow the law
  • boys tend to have more opportunities to commit crime- girls have ferries - women also may be restricted by men must be housewives no time for crime
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Dobash & dobash

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Found men control womens financial power so they spend more time working at home.

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Dodd

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Found between 2000&2008 police statistics in the UK showed the number of female arrests for violence increased 17%

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Steffensmeier& schwartz

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Found statistics of female violent crimes didn’t match up the victims surveys- men didn’t want to say they had been attacked by a women

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