Criminology - Steffensmeier
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- Created on: 02-05-15 16:17
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- Steffensmeier, 1978/80, "The Nature of Female Offending"
- a gendered theory
- differences in the way men and women lead their lives
- 1) organisation of gender
- norms, moral development, social control, relational concerns, reproductive/ social/ physical concerns
- 2) access to opportunities
- sexism, skills, crime associates, setting
- 3) motivations
- taste for risk, self control, costs, benefits, stressful events
- 4) context
- setting, victim offender relationships, weapons
- argues against white collar crime and more shoplifting, property crime and substance misuse
- crimes that are everyday opportunities
- shopping/ paying bills/ cheques
- crimes not associated with occupational position
- crimes that are everyday opportunities
- trends in female drug dependency
- amplifies income crime
- motivational push to deviate
- amplifies income crime
- increased economical vulnerability and inequality
- survival needs; entrapment; victimization
- always opportunities for women to commit crime
- increased self serve market
- increased security
- increased arrest rates
- increased security
- increased self serve market
- court attitudes changing
- more willing to sentence and arrest women
- idea of chivalry less common
- a gendered theory
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