Gender and Crime

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Only 1 in 11 female self-reported offenders have been cautioned or prosecuted whereas the male figure was 1 in 7.
Flood-Page et al
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Men are more likely to be imprisoned than women because they are seen as less central to family life.
Allen
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Women victims are treated badly by courts, especially in **** and domestic abuse cases.
Smart
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Control theory - women are controlled by patriarchal society more effectively than men, they are controlled at work, in the home and in public.
Heidensohn
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Study of working class women. They are led to conform through the class and gender deal. If these rewards are not met crime becomes more likely.
Carlen
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Liberation Theory - if society becomes less patriarchal women's crime rates will become similar to that of men's.
Adler
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Violent attacks on women stem from men's dissatisfaction with their wives performance of domestic duties.
Dobash and Dobash
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