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Otto Pollak 1950 Flashcards

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Pollak suggests that women commit more crime than men BUT they…

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keep it hidden

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According to Pollak, women are

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devious and manipulative

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Why?/How? are women devious and manipulative?

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Passive during sex, so they can lie about arousal

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Women = different relationship to the

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truth

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Pollak presented what thesis?

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Chivalry thesis

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What is the chivalry thesis?

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Men ‘protect’ women

Women get ‘special treatment’ within CJS (Allen 1987 violent women offenders received more sympathetic and individualised justice for serious crimes than men)

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