GENDER OFFENDING IN CD

Question 1

% of males committing crime males

Answer 1

80% male

Question 2

Data from MoJ for female accounted and convictions in 2015

Answer 2

Females 18% of arrests and 25% of convictions in 2015

Question 3

Peak age for females and males for offending crime

Answer 3

15 female
18 male but still doesn’t stop until end of 20s

Question 4

Impact of women’s criminality than on men’s due to what

Answer 4

Deprivation - females more like to be on benefits before and after conviction

Question 5

Pollack chivalry thesis

Answer 5

Police are more lenient on females due to gender socialisation

Question 6

who did chivalry thesis

Answer 6

pollack

Question 7

what did Browne find about crime stats by age 40

Answer 7

by 40th birthday 1 in 3 men have criminal record compared to 1 in 10 women

Question 8

who found by 40th birthday 1 in 3 men have criminal record compared to 1 in 10 women

Answer 8

Browne

Question 9

what’s the common crimes for men and women

Answer 9

women - property crime
men - sexual offences

Question 10

what are the reasons for women’s crime to be lower

Answer 10

1. chivalry thesis - pollack
2. less detectable crime - burglary, fraud
3. sex role theory - parsons (don’t have time to offended)
4. gender deal - Carlen (work hard + families)

Question 11

who did sex role theory

Answer 11

parsons

Question 12

who did gender deal and what is it?

Answer 12

Carlen - deal to work hard ensure a high status at work and also working hard at home by looking after children and household tasks.

Question 13

why do women still offend then?

Answer 13

Carlen = WC women don’t get the rewards they deserve so offend

Question 14

A03 for pollack chivalry thesis

Answer 14

Carlen argues that women are twice as likely to not get bail when they are found with drugs and 3x more for serious crimes

Question 15

what does Heidensohn say about prisons for females

Answer 15

CJS has double standards where they treat women/girls more harshly in court because its against their gender stereotypes but for mothers they are more lenient.

Question 16

what does Gabe et al state about women in media for crime

Answer 16

media is much more harsher to women especially when it goes against their gender norms like harming children. for example Lucy letby
also know as double deviant

Question 17

what does denscombe state about female crimes?

Answer 17

did an in- depth interview with 15_16 year olds and discovered laddette culture which is branched off from lads culture. they are deviant

Jackson - increased among younger individual’s

Question 18

why are males more likely to offend?

Answer 18

1. parsons = sex role theory = socialised into being more deviant and violent
2. pollacks = chivalry thesis = women are treated more leniently so less likely to be imprisoned
3. Cohen = labelling theory = boys labelled as deviant leads to becoming their master status = deviant career

Question 19

what does postmodernists Messerschmitt argue about males reason for committing crime?

Answer 19

the reason males commit crime is to show off their masculinity. especially when they cant express their masculinity through employment.

Question 20

who argued that the reason males commit crime is to show off their masculinity. especially when they cant express their masculinity through employment.

Answer 20

Messerschmitt

Question 21

what does katz argue about males reason for offending

Answer 21

thrill - seeking

Question 22

who argues thrill seeking is the reason for males committing crime

Answer 22

Katz

Question 23

what studies could you use to explain females offending reason?

Answer 23

1. Gabe at el - media influence
2. Heidensohn - prisons for women
3. Jackson - laddette
4. Carlen = WC women don’t get rewards

Question 24

what studies could you use to explain males offending reason?

Answer 24

1. Katz - thrill seeking
2. Messerschmitt - masculinity
3. Cohen = labelling theory
4. pollack = chivalry thesis
5. parsons = sex role theory
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