Week Eighteen - Chivalry Thesis

Question 1

Pollak (1950)

Answer 1

Pollak (1950) suggested that women are treated leniently by the criminal justice system in that women ‘captivate’ males in the criminal justice system to secure them lenient treatment.

Question 2

Statistics…

Answer 2

Women account for 15% of arrests in England and Wales but account for only 5% of the prison population.