Feminism and Crime

Question 1

What is the Chivalry affect?

Answer 1

Women are viewed as weak and vulnerable in the justice system and are often given more lenient sentences based off of this.

Question 2

What is double Deviance?

Answer 2

women are treated harshly by the criminal system because they have deviated from the accepted social norms by breaking the laws and deviated from gender norms which state how women should behave.

Question 3

What is male stream?

Answer 3

a concept by feminists.
describes the situation where male social scientists/sociologists carry out research which focuses on masculine perspective and then assume that the findings can be applied to women to.

Question 4

What is McRobbies ‘bedroom culture’?

Answer 4

Argues women are socialized into being passive and not engaging in crime and Deviance and so ending up in their room quiet and away.

Question 5

What does Heidenson say?

Answer 5

Control Theory
- there are separate areas dominated by men and women
- women dominate domestic sphere - which limits opportunity for criminality as limited to household responsibilities and have high expectations of being a model wife and mother.
- Men dominate in the public and work sphere - controlling women through legitimate power and violence due to workplace hierarchy of male managers and supervisors

Question 6

What does Adler say?

Answer 6

Liberation Theory
- until late 60s criminology was perceive to be malestream
- social changes in 60s and second wave feminism led to growth in female crimonology
- traditionally women were restricted to domestic housework
- social changes meant women had more access to employment opportunities and also more opportunity to commit crime.