Why do women commit crimes Flashcards
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Abbot + Wallace
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Female delinquents are seen as needing protection - what is seen as normal for boys in often seen as abnormal for girls
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Steffensmeier
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Women are not seen as dangerous, treated less harshly in courts - so do not end up in statistics. Judges reluctant to separate a woman from her children
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Morris
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Women rarely credited with responsibility for their actions - suggest influence by men
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Simon
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Women have less opportunity to commit crime and they have less powerful positions to abuse
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Heidensohn
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Women’s conformity as a result of patriarchal control - prevents women from deviating
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Oakley and Smart
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Differential socialisation
