Gender And Crime

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..... offenders are men
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by 40....% offenders women compared to 32% men
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men are..... times more liekly to be convicted of homocide
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chiavry thesis
leniently males
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who argues there are positive attitudes towards women
pollack
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bowling studied..... 14-25 year olds
1700
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who found that males were more likely to offend but much less than statistics
Bowling
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Bowling found men were .... more likely to offend
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Ministry of justice found that 49% women recieve caution comapred to....
30%
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who found that 49% of women offend comapred to 30% men
Ministry of Justice
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Morris was
against the chivary thesis
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Morris found that women ...... sentenced more linetely
were not
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against chivary: if women appear to be treated more leniately
its because their offences are less serious
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Steven box reviewed
british and american self report studies
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steven box argued
women are not treated ore favourably than men
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Box argues women admit to crimes in self report because....
they are less serious crimes
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heidenson argues that
there's bias against women
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douvble standards
courts punish girls but not boys for promscious activity
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heston argues that women who do not perform accepted standards are
punished harshly
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Caren argued that women are sentenced for
less serious crimes
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Carlen argued women are jailed for 'their crimes
according to mother, wives and daughters'
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who found that scottish judges were were more likely to sentence women who had children in care
Carlen
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Feminists argue that double standards exist because
CJS is patriarchal
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Smart (judge) said that
'it's how a women says no. If she doesn't want it she only has to shut her legs'
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smart supports
feminist view on women
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Walklate said that in most **** cases
its not the defendent on trial but the victim
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