gender, crime and justice

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gender differences in offending
1. men are 15 times more likely than women to be convicted of homicide. 2. 5%of the prison population is female.
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what is the chivalry thesis?
an argument that believes that most criminal justice agents are men and therefore take a protective attitude towards some as Pollak notes. therefore the criminal justice system is more lenient towards women and there crimes don't end up in the OS.
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self-report studies
evidence from self report studies suggests that female offenders are treated more leniently.
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graham and Bowling's
found that although men are more likely to offend, the difference was smaller than recorded in the official statistics.
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box
box's study of American and British self-report studies found that women ere not treated more leniently for serious crimes.
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Heidensohn
argues that girls are treated more harshly than males when they deviate from gender norms. for example, courts punish girls but not boys for premature sexual activity.
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Parsons
traces differences in deviance to differences in the nuclear family. women are at home looking after house/children so more responsibility, boys reject this feminine behaviour and commit crime.
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Heidensohn
1. control at home 2. control at work 3. control in public
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Carlen
constructed an interview of working class women who have committed crime. they said they felt crime was the only way to a decent lifestyle and they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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the liberation thesis
Adler argues that as society has become more equal and women now take traditionally male roles such as working full time and this gives them more opportunity for crime.
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criticisms of the liberation thesis
the female crime rate began rising in the 1950s long before the womens liberation movement.
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why do men commit crime?
1. white middle-class youths 2. white-working class youths 3. black working-class youths.
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an argument that believes that most criminal justice agents are men and therefore take a protective attitude towards some as Pollak notes. therefore the criminal justice system is more lenient towards women and there crimes don't end up in the OS.

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what is the chivalry thesis?

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