Criminology - Thomas
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- Created on: 29-04-15 23:52
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- Thomas"The Unadjusted Girl"1923
- female delinquency is normalish
- "bad" women exploit men but "good" women use sex as protection
- human behaviour in the social context in terms of attitude and habits
- female wishes - security, safety, novelty, recognition, prestige, intimacy and love
- assumes the nature of the women
- considers economical factors over physiological ones
- men crave excitement, stimulation and fights, women do not
- middle class have few crimes as they are socialised to accept their positions and treasure themselves as investments
- due to the failures of the family, education system, social workers, the church and industry
- modern age sees individualised behaviour so leads to a breakdown of social order
- change women's dissatisfaction in social roles and committing crimes by socialising them and changing their attitudes
- the criminal women is demoralised by the breakdown of social order
- based on fear - status quo keeps in line of social duty
- lower class commit lots of crimes as they are unsocialised and commit crime for excitement and new experiences
- women can be made useful by socialising them to prevent anti social behaviours
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