gender differences
done in note form
- Created by: Rhianna Hall
- Created on: 13-06-14 10:47
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- gender differences
- are doing crime
- chivarly thesis
- pol let women off - pol/ courts = men
- raised to be nice to
- Pollack - men don't want to accuse women
- self-rep studies
- > women do crime
- Floodpage - women who admitted to crime - < likely to be charged
- EVAL
- women who do serious crime are not treated leniently
- courts treat women > harshly for deviating f/ gender role
- pol let women off - pol/ courts = men
- Liberationist theory
- changing role of women = > opp for crime
- Adler - increasing female crime - < control by men
- > indep/ look hard (ladette)
- > women in w.c.c. - fraud
- Westwood - identities reconstructed - no longer trad roles
- EVAL
- female crime rise in 50s before womens liberation
- mostly w/c - not been hit w/ lib
- chivarly thesis
- are not doing crime
- Control theory
- Heidensohn - women conform - cont by pat soc - < opps to offend
- gender exp = housewife
- McRobbie - daughters monitored (bedroom culture)
- stay @ home - fear of bad rep
- EVAL
- indep - gort careers
- less fear - ladette
- greater sexual freedom
- Heidensohn - women conform - cont by pat soc - < opps to offend
- sex-role theory
- socialisation gender role - girls don't devel dev v's - crime = extension of roles
- girls follow fem role model - caring/ gentle
- EVAL
- Walklate - too much biological assumption that women are caring etc
- Control theory
- masculinity & crime
- masc = social construct - c&d = resources - men have to work at displaying it - alpha male
- black w/c youth = < chance of ed success - gangs = expression
- EVAL
- doesn't expain why men use crime for masc
- doens't explain all male crime - only black youth
- social control
- boys have < control than girls - > freedom - > opps to commit crime 'on street'
- EVAL
- lots of girls don't care about bad rep
- crime as enjoyable
- Katz - pleasure - links to status & cont over others & success
- different crimes mean different things (sneaky thrills = shoplift)
- robbery is much what is masculine - links to Millers smartness - 'got on over'
- different crimes mean different things (sneaky thrills = shoplift)
- EVAL
- only explains youth crime
- Katz - pleasure - links to status & cont over others & success
- Gender socialisation
- Parsons - rej f/ gender role in nuc fam
- boys raised to be active/ aggressive
- boys role model = breadwinner - outside home
- Cohen - lack of male role model - boys turn to street gangs for masc - toughness (Miller)
- Murray (New Right) - absence of father fig -boys turn to gangs
- EVAL
- want to be good role model for siblings so don't do crime
- mother = role model
- Parsons - rej f/ gender role in nuc fam
- masculinity & crime
- are doing crime
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