keywords for gender and crime

Question 1

1.chivalry thesis

Answer 1

-the idea that women are treated leneintly in the CJS as they can be seen as needing more protection

Question 2

2. double deviance / double jeopardy

Answer 2

-women treated harshly by CJS as they are seen as deviant for breaking law and for going againist traditional gender roles

Question 3

3.honey trap

Answer 3

-females use sexuality to lure male victim into crimnal trap

Question 4

4. sex role theory

Answer 4

-gender differences in crime explained by biological gender roles

Question 5

5.control theory

Answer 5

-women commit lesss crime due to their behvaiour being restricted by patriarchal control

Question 6

6.class and gender deals

Answer 6

-people weight up benefits and risks of committing crime- if class and gender deals arent benefitting them, theyll commit a crime

Question 7

7.liberation thesis

Answer 7

-women commiting more crime as they are more free

Question 8

8.ladette culture

Answer 8

-females begin to adopt more masculine behaviours and this can lead to increase in crime e.g anti social behaviour and violence

Question 9

9. hegemonic masculinity

Answer 9

-traditional idea of masculinity where then are seen as tough, aggressive breadwinners