Gender and Crime studies.
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- Gender and Crime - key studies
- Smart (????)
- Postmodernistwho rejects all previous explainations of female crime.
- There is nothing essential about males and females that makes them different.
- Power exists in discourses.
- Heidensohn (1985)
- Patriarchy at work (sexual harassment and bosses)
- Patriarchy in public (fear of victimisation)
- Patriarchy at home (violence and domesticity)
- Pollark (????)
- Women are accustomed to deceit.
- Men don't like to accuse women.
- Sociologists later developed the chivalry thesis
- The CJS are more lenient to women.
- Pat Carlen (1988)
- Unstructured interview on 39 women.
- Criminal women failed to make a gender deal
- No family relationships.
- Failed to make a class deal.
- Lacked paid work.
- Made a rational choice.
- Messerschmidt (????)
- Men commmit crime to achieve masculinity.
- Most dominant form is hegemonic.
- W-C, M-C and Ethnic Minority all commit different crimes for different reasons.
- Adler (1975)
- Gain legitimate and illegitimate opportunities.
- Women commit male crimes.
- As women gained freedom and equality, crime would rise.
- Winlow (????)
- Covert observation of bouncers in Sunderland.
- More access to legit and illegitimate opportunities.
- Postmodernist- impact of globalisation.
- Katz and Lyng
- Postmodernist
- Crime is a thrill and exciting.
- Living on the edge of danger.
- Miller
- Independent sub cultural theory.
- W-C were socialised into focal concerns.
- F(atalism) E(xcitement) A(utonomy) S(martness) T(ougness) T(rouble)
- Patts and Kintrea
- Study of territorial gang violence
- Members seek to achieve hyper masculine ID.
- Denied status through school and work.
- Smart (????)
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