Gender and Patterns of crime

1. What does Messerschmidt say about Hegemonic & subordinate masculinities?

Following Connell, main types, Hegemonic is most prized, subodinate carry less status & power (gay/Afrcian American), hegemonic varies by time but generally is based on subordination of women, benefit from it, others try but harder
Following Connell, main types, Hegemonic is least prized, subodinate carry less status & power (gay/Afrcian American), hegemonic varies by time but generally is based on subordination of women, benefit from it, others try but harder
Following Connell, main types, Hegemonic is most prized, subodinate carry less status & power (gay/Afrcian American), hegemonic varies by time but generally is based on subordination of weaker men, benefit from it, others try but harder

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She suggested that gender role socialisation in the UK, especially in working class families, might result in boys and men subscibing to values that potentially overlap with criminality
She suggested that gender role socialisation in the UK, especially in middle class families, might result in girls and women subscibing to values that potentially overlap with criminality
She suggested that gender role socialisation in the UK, especially in working class families, might result in boys and girls subscibing to norms that potentially overlap with criminality

Croall - Argued boys in the UK are socialised into hegemonic masculine value system that stresses differences from women and paticular masculine goals that need to be achieved to become a real man
Messerschmidt - Argued boys in the UK are socialised into hegemonic masculine value system that stresses differences from women and paticular masculine goals that need to be achieved to become a real man
Denscombe - Argued boys in the UK are socialised into hegemonic masculine value system that stresses differences from women and paticular masculine goals that need to be achieved to become a real man

Denscombe - Changing female roles in recent decades mean women do as much risk taking behaviour as men, research into self images of 15-16 year olds (East Midlands), in depth interviews & focus groups found girls act male e.g look hard, in control
Hedderman - Changing female roles in recent decades mean women do as much risk taking behaviour as men, research into self images of 15-16 year olds (East Midlands), in depth interviews & focus groups found girls act male e.g look hard, in control
Croall - Changing female roles in recent decades mean women do as much risk taking behaviour as men, research into self images of 15-16 year olds (East Midlands), in depth interviews & focus groups found girls act male e.g look hard, in control

Pimping -show control over prostitutes, get money from them (consumer goods), easy to express masculinity from ths than low paid job, White collar crime - encouraged as only way to secure profits, Family - wifebeating as dominance over women
Pimping -show control over prostitutes, get money from them (consumer goods), harder to express masculinity from this than low paid job, White collar crime - encouraged as only way to secure profits, Family - wifebeating as dominance over women
Pimping -show control over prostitutes, get money from them (consumer goods), easy to express masculinity from ths than low paid job, White collar crime - Not encouraged but only way to secure profits, Family - wifebeating as dominance over women