Crime and Deviance Gender Revision

Official Crime Statistics and Gender

• According to the official statistics, women commit relatively few crimes compared to men and are far less likely to be arrested and sent to prison
• 8% of the total UK prison population is female
• This could mean that women are very good at crime and less likely to get caught or commit less detectable crims
• Most sociologists accpet that women are simply less criminal tan men
• Some sociologists have also argued that the police and courts treat women more favourably han men, the chivalry argument; when stopped by the police women are able to use their femininity and cultural capital to talk there way out of minor offences
• Yet he evidence for such claims is inconclusive

Feminst Views on why Most Women Don't Turn to Crime

There are four main arguments

• Differential socialisation - boys and girls are socialised differently, boys to be agressive, girls to be caring
• Oppurtunities…