Gender

Question 1

Give statistics of Men committing more crimes (ministry of justice) Murders, violent and sexual offences.

Answer 1

90% of murders, and 98% of sexual offences.
(Ministry of Justice 2015)

89% violent crime

Question 2

Give statistics of women committing more crimes

Answer 2

female offenders= theft and handling stolen goods (24%) and violence against another person (16%),

Question 3

What does the prison population look like

Answer 3

95% men; less than 5% are female,

Question 4

Give Intersectionality explanation

Answer 4

Gender intersects with social-class. Female offenders were more likely to be on benefits than males offender, suggesting that deprivation has a greater impact on female criminality than men’s.

Question 5

who is more likely to be victim of violence men or women

Answer 5

men

Question 6

What are women twice as likely to be reported as

Answer 6

7x more likely to have reported being a victim of sexual assault.

Question 7

Murder stats for men and women

Answer 7

7/10 murder victims are men, but female murder victims are far more likely to have been killed by a husband or partner.

Question 8

What do Feminists raise questions about

Answer 8

Validity of victimisation statistics when it comes to domestic violence and suggest statistics vastly underestimate the problem (dark figure of crime)

Question 9

Females accounted for

Answer 9

only 18% of arrests and 25% of convictions in 2013 - ministry for justice (government)