'Man' Question In Criminology Flashcards
1
Q
Sex = strongest predictor of
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Criminal involvement
2
Q
Majority of criminology theory is focused on the
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Male subject
3
Q
Maleness of crime =
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Ironically ‘invisible’
4
Q
Masculinities really only emerged on the agenda during the…
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1980s
5
Q
Evolutionary approaches, such as:
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Lombrosian & darwinistic
Survival of the fittest
6
Q
Evolutionary approaches:
The male psyche is ‘obsessed with social comparison, with the need for achievement and with the desire to gain control over the…
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Reproductive capacities of females’ (DALY & WILSON, 1988/89: 82)
