introduction to gender and crime

Question 1

key patterns in gender and crime committed?

Answer 1

-men more likely to be arrested 85% are men
-men more likely to be convicted (74%) compared to (26%) females
-men more likely to commit certain crime e.g sex offences, motor offences

Question 2

reasons for patterns in crime?

Answer 2

-women need more protection (mothers)
-women have more controlled behaviour
-women less leikly convicted
-women have bedroom culture
-women crimes less noticebale
-men more likely to be excluded from school
-female values dont normally lead to crime but masculine values do

Question 3

what is the evidence that women are treated leniently in CJS?

Answer 3

-‘chivalry thesis’
-pollack claimed CJS is more male dominated
-women then seen as vulnerable and need protection

Question 4

what evidence women are treated harshly in CJS?

Answer 4

-‘double jeopardy and double deviance’
-women treated harsh as they break the law and goes against traditional role and expectations of a woman

Question 5

example of women being treated harsh in CJS?

Answer 5

-anthony williams recieved 5 yrs for choking his wife to death vs jordan worth recieved 7yrs for GBH and woudning with intent