Gender& Crime

Question 1

Key points

Answer 1

• Boys are more likely to be brought up to be tough - girls to be more complaint therefore follow the law
• boys tend to have more opportunities to commit crime- girls have ferries - women also may be restricted by men must be housewives no time for crime

Question 2

Dobash & dobash

Answer 2

Found men control womens financial power so they spend more time working at home.

Question 3

Dodd

Answer 3

Found between 2000&2008 police statistics in the UK showed the number of female arrests for violence increased 17%

Question 4

Steffensmeier& schwartz

Answer 4

Found statistics of female violent crimes didn’t match up the victims surveys- men didn’t want to say they had been attacked by a women