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GENDER OFFENDING IN CD Flashcards

1
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% of males committing crime males

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80% male

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2
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Data from MoJ for female accounted and convictions in 2015

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Females 18% of arrests and 25% of convictions in 2015

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3
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Peak age for females and males for offending crime

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15 female
18 male but still doesn’t stop until end of 20s

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4
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Impact of women’s criminality than on men’s due to what

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Deprivation - females more like to be on benefits before and after conviction

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Pollack chivalry thesis

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Police are more lenient on females due to gender socialisation

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who did chivalry thesis

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pollack

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7
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what did Browne find about crime stats by age 40

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by 40th birthday 1 in 3 men have criminal record compared to 1 in 10 women

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who found by 40th birthday 1 in 3 men have criminal record compared to 1 in 10 women

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Browne

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9
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what’s the common crimes for men and women

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women - property crime
men - sexual offences

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10
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what are the reasons for women’s crime to be lower

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  1. chivalry thesis - pollack
  2. less detectable crime - burglary, fraud
  3. sex role theory - parsons (don’t have time to offended)
  4. gender deal - Carlen (work hard + families)
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11
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who did sex role theory

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parsons

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12
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who did gender deal and what is it?

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Carlen - deal to work hard ensure a high status at work and also working hard at home by looking after children and household tasks.

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13
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why do women still offend then?

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Carlen = WC women don’t get the rewards they deserve so offend

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14
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A03 for pollack chivalry thesis

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Carlen argues that women are twice as likely to not get bail when they are found with drugs and 3x more for serious crimes

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15
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what does Heidensohn say about prisons for females

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CJS has double standards where they treat women/girls more harshly in court because its against their gender stereotypes but for mothers they are more lenient.

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16
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what does Gabe et al state about women in media for crime

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media is much more harsher to women especially when it goes against their gender norms like harming children. for example Lucy letby
also know as double deviant

17
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what does denscombe state about female crimes?

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did an in- depth interview with 15_16 year olds and discovered laddette culture which is branched off from lads culture. they are deviant

Jackson - increased among younger individual’s

18
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why are males more likely to offend?

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  1. parsons = sex role theory = socialised into being more deviant and violent
  2. pollacks = chivalry thesis = women are treated more leniently so less likely to be imprisoned
  3. Cohen = labelling theory = boys labelled as deviant leads to becoming their master status = deviant career
19
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what does postmodernists Messerschmitt argue about males reason for committing crime?

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the reason males commit crime is to show off their masculinity. especially when they cant express their masculinity through employment.

20
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who argued that the reason males commit crime is to show off their masculinity. especially when they cant express their masculinity through employment.

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Messerschmitt

21
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what does katz argue about males reason for offending

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thrill - seeking

22
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who argues thrill seeking is the reason for males committing crime

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Katz

23
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what studies could you use to explain females offending reason?

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  1. pollack - chivalry thesis
  2. parsons - sex role theory
  3. Gabe at el - media influence
  4. Heidensohn - prisons for women
  5. Jackson - laddette
  6. Carlen = WC women don’t get rewards
24
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what studies could you use to explain males offending reason?

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  1. Katz - thrill seeking
  2. Messerschmitt - masculinity
  3. Cohen = labelling theory
  4. pollack = chivalry thesis
  5. parsons = sex role theory
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