gender

Question 1

stats on gender and crime

Answer 1

• in 2021/22, the majority of the prison population were male (96%) and 4% female, this proportion has reminaed stable for the last 5 years
• in 2021/22, 85% of all arrests were men and 15% were women

Question 2

how are women underrepresented in the cjs?

Answer 2

they make up 27% of police, 23% of the judiciary and 15% of sernior police

Question 3

gender and crime - victimisation

Answer 3

women are most commonly the victims of crimes by someone they know

by self-report, a greater proportion of women were victims of violence (7%) than men (?)

Question 4

gender and crime - criminalisation

Answer 4

• shoplifting is the most common offence for women
• drunk and disordly behaviour is the most common offence for men
• 10% of men were sentenced to immediate custody in 2011, compared to 3% of women
• the average length of a prison sentence is 17.7 months for men and 11.6 months for women

Question 5

what are the different sociological explanations for gender differences in crime

Answer 5

• different socialisation
• social control
• opportunity
• female crime as rational
• shoplifting and the cult of femininity
• chivalry factor
• changing roles of women/liberationist
• masculinity

Question 6

sex role theory - differential socialisation

gender and crime

Answer 6

ann oakley - argued boys and girls socialised into different behaviours. for boys it is accepted that they will be loud, boisterous, aggressive, tough, etc. girls are expected to be passive, quiet, helpful etc.
this is reflected in levels of convictiosn for violence, assault, street crime etc. males commit more of these crimes than females