Why so few women appear in crime stats

Question 0

Carlen

Answer 0

Poverty leads women to crime - most convicted female criminals are w/c. People commit crime if the rewards of crime appear greater than the risks

Question 1

Smart

Answer 1

Female offences are often role expressive - often extensions of their normal roles

Question 2

Jones

Answer 2

Women tend to murder lovers in domestic settings - often in self defence

Question 3

Allen

Answer 3

Mental illness - women more likely to get psychiatric treatment after serious crime - use this as explanation of their crimes.

Question 4

Pollak

Answer 4

Role of biology - menstruation reminds women of their inferior status, turning to crime for revenge

Question 5

Marsh

Answer 5

Role of biology - 80% of all female crime occurred around the time of menstruation

Question 6

Adler

Answer 6

Rising female crime due to women’s liberation - take on more male roles including criminal and irresponsible behaviour

Question 7

Comparisons of stats with men

Answer 7

Very few women in prisons and convicted and arrested

Third of women go to prison even though they were in the same circumstances as men

Question 8

Women’s liberation

Answer 8

Women feel they’re entitled to act like men