1.7 Patterns of Crime and Victimisation
1.7 Gender and Crime
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- Created on: 05-01-22 21:22
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- Patterns of Crime
- many crimes are committed by males
- 4/5 offenders are men
- by the age of 40, 9% of women have a criminal conviction against 32% males
- females are more likely to be convicted of property offences than males (except burglary)
- males commit more violent/ sexual offences
- males are more likely to be repeat offenders with longer criminal careers by committing more serious crimes
- many crimes are committed by males
- Victimisation
- women are less likely than men to be victims of personal crime
- some feminists feel that the patriarchal attitudes and structures prevent women from achieving justice
- female crimes are less likely to be reported
- fear they won't be taken seriously
- scared to report
- prostitution affects more females than males but it is less likely to be reported as males benefit from it
- women are less likely to be prosecuted and more likely to be let off lightly
- underestimates the amount of females as against to male offending
- 2.3% of men, against 1.4% of women report being the victim of violence
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