Patterns and Trends In Crime: Gender

Question 1

Males:

Answer 1

males commit around 80% of all offences

the peak age of offending: 18

Question 2

Females:

Answer 2

offending is falling faster for females

peak age of offending: 15

female offenders are more likely to be on benefits before and after their caution

chivalry thesis

Question 3

CSEW: Victimisation

Answer 3

fewer women are victims of crime than men

levels of victimisation has decreased over the past 5yrs

men are usually victims of violence

women are more victims of sexual assault

Question 4

Young (1988)

Answer 4

argues that the same crime doesn’t have the same meaning or seriousness in all cases and discusses ‘the meaning of a punch’

e.g. the power dynamics are masked by the statistics

Question 5

Hanmer and Saunders (1984)

Answer 5

carried out unstructured interviews with women and found that 20% of women there had been sexually assaulted and not reported it

Question 6

Walklate (2006)

Answer 6

considered repeat victimisation of women and why some remain in an abusive relationship.

she found that many women are unable to leave and thus not report it

this is due to children, having nowhere to go and a possible lack of economic independence