Explaining female crime - Functioanlists 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: lw121xCreated on: 17-06-15 12:56 Lombroso and Ferro crime is biological 1 of 10 high testosterone = high levels of criminality 2 of 10 sex role theory, control theory and liberation thories sociologically explains gender differences 3 of 10 Functionalist sex role theory 4 of 10 boys predisposed to be tough so tehrefore commit more acts of violence functionalist sex role 5 of 10 Functionalists argue that boys engage in 'compulosory masulinity' via aggression and slip into delinquency 6 of 10 who argues that lack of role models = street crimes cohen 7 of 10 NR theorists absence of father = delinquent 8 of 10 critique of sex role theory based ob biological assumptions walklate 9 of 10 Walklate- because they have abaility to bear children they should take expressive role ultimately basing crime on biological assumptions of sex differences 10 of 10
Assess sociological explanations for differences in patterns of offending between males and females (21 marks) 0.0 / 5
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