THEORIES OF CRIME - GENDER

Question 1

what 4 things do we have to remember for gender and crime?

Answer 1

Pollack
Chivalry thesis
Challenges to chivalry thesis
Myra Hindley

Question 2

who is the main sociologist who talks about the relationship between gender and crime?

Answer 2

Pollack

Question 3

what does Pollack believe is a myth?

Answer 3

myth of men committing more crime than women because they commit different types of crime

Question 4

Pollack believes there is a _________ element to crime…

Answer 4

biological element as women feel compelled do commit crime due to mestrual cycle and hormones

Question 5

how are women more biologically devious according to Pollack?

Answer 5

conceal mens, fake orgasms

Question 6

how does the home environment conceal crime?

Answer 6

women are nurses, teachers and engage in domestic crime

Question 7

Pollack says that women are the m__________ and m_________ men into taking the blame for crime

Answer 7

mastermind and manipulate men into taking the blame for crime

Question 8

Pollack states _______ within CJS means they are more lenient with female offenders

Answer 8

chivalry

Question 9

chivalry thesis is the argument that…

Answer 9

male-dom CJS has paternalised attitude towards women

Question 10

CJS having paternalized attitude to woman means they are seen as…

Answer 10

vulnerable, child-like and not responsible for actions

Question 11

what does chivalry thesis lead to?

Answer 11

police giving more cautions/warnings to women and judges being more lenient

Question 12

what is a statistic supporting chivalry thesis?

Answer 12

speed and burrow - shoplifting men are 2x+ likely to receive a sentence than females

Question 13

who challenges chivalry thesis?

Answer 13

Klein
Heidensohn
Carlen

Hedderman and Gunby
Chesney-Lind

Question 14

what does Klein believe?

Answer 14

chivalry is classist and racist as white MC women are seen as ‘ladies’

Question 15

what does Heidensohn believe?

Answer 15

woman who conform to fem behaviour e.g. maternal get treated more leniently, but those who don’t get harsher sentences

Question 16

what does Carlen believe?

Answer 16

woman’s role as mother is taken more seriously as man’s role as father, so they get treated more leniently

Question 17

what other factors can increase/decrease sentence given to women?

Answer 17

+ lack of remorse
+ previous offending
- pleading guilty
- lack of previous offending

Question 18

what do Hedderman and Gunby believe?

Answer 18

chivalry thesis is appropriate as women are more likely to have mitigating circumstances such as DV and lone-parent

Question 19

Chesney-Lind challenges chivalry thesis as…

Answer 19

female deviance is ‘sexualised’ and females are treated more harshly e.g. seen as ‘out of control’, more girls get sent to training school than boys

Question 20

how does Myra Hindley link to gender and crime?

Answer 20

• didn’t show remorse on the stand, therefore got a longer sentence
• if showed remorse or emotion, would’ve got a shorter sentence and not
  been labelled as the ‘most evil woman in Britain’