Wilson & Daly - The Young Male Syndrome

Question 0

What method did Wilson and Daly use?

Answer 0

An analysis of data from police crime records at one point in time (snap shot)

Question 1

What was the aim of Wilson and Daly’s research?

Answer 1

To examine gender and age patterns in crimes of violence

Question 2

What records did the study review?

Answer 2

Homocidal crimes in Detroit in 1972

Question 3

What was analysed from the records reviewed by Wilson and Daly?

Answer 3

The age and sex of perpetrators and victims

Question 4

Who was found to commit more homocides?

Answer 4

Males

Question 5

What was the most common type of homocide?

Answer 5

Social conflict

Question 6

What were the three main types of social conflict that resulted in homocide?

Answer 6

Retaliation, Showing off and Jealousy

Question 7

How many social conflict homocides were committed by males in comparison to females?

Answer 7

Males = 256
Females = 83

Question 8

Who were the most common victims of homocide?

Answer 8

Young, unmarried males

Question 9

How do Wilson and Daly explain the patterns in homocide?

Answer 9

They explain it as status competition

Question 10

What sort of explanation do the results collected by Wilson and Daly support?

Answer 10

An evolutionary one

Question 11

What is ‘Young male syndrome’ characterised by?

Answer 11

Behaviours such as risk-taking, aggression and competitiveness