Gender patterns in crime

Question 1

What does the pollak (1950) chivalry thesis state ?

Answer 1

That most criminal justice agents are men and are socialised to act in a chivalrous way, because police culture is paternalistic

Question 2

What did Roger Hood (1992) find ?

Answer 2

That women were about 1/3 less likely to be jailed in similar cases to men

Question 3

What does Sandra Walklate (1998) argue ?

Answer 3

That in rape cases it is not the defendant who is on trial but the victim

Question 4

What did Stephen Box (1981) conclude ?

Answer 4

That women who commit serious offences are not treated more favourably than men

Question 5

What is a contemporary example of the chivalry thesis ?

Answer 5

The case of Lavinia Woodward in 2017

Question 6

What did Lombroso and Ferrero (1893) argue ?

Answer 6

That criminality is innate, and that there are very few born female criminals

Question 7

What was the main counter argument to Lombroso and Ferrero (1893) ?

Answer 7

Dalton (1964) argued that hormonal or menstrual factors can influence a minority of women to commit crime in certain circumstances