Socrative quiz

• Chivalry Thesis


  Most criminal justice agents are male. They are socialised in a chivalrous way towards women.
• Sex Role Theory

  Males and females are socialised differently. Females are caring and males are tough, aggressive, risk takers.
• Patriarchal control

  Women are controlled in all aspects of society and reduce their opportunity to commit crime. (Heidensohn).
• Gender deals

  Females are offered rewards or deals if they conform. These are financial and emotional rewards. (Carlen).
• Liberation Thesis

  As women become liberated from patriarchy their crimes will become more frequent and serious. (Adler).
• Ladettes


  Media images of females who were deviant being drunk and disorderly.
• Malestream

  Focusing on male crimes.
• Hegemonic masculinity


  The dominant form of masculinity. It is characterised by strength, courage, aggression, and the ability to provide and protect.
• Criminalisation

  Turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal.
• Victim survey


  These ask individuals to say what crimes they have been victims of.
• Self report studies


  Ask individuals to disclose their own dishonest and violent behaviour.
• Stop and search

  Police stop those who are suspected of committing a crime, usually drug and gang related.
• Criminal Justice System (CJS)


  Refers to a set of government institutions and systems that aim to apprehend, prosecute, punish, and rehabilitate criminal offenders.
• Victimisation


  The action of singling someone out for cruel or unjust treatment.
• Institutional racism

  Discrimination or unequal treatment on the basis of membership of a particular ethnic group.
• Social construction


  Crimes are constructed or made by society.
• Social exclusion

  Exclusion from the social system and its rights and privileges as a result of poverty or the fact of belonging to a minority social group.
• Moral panic

  An exaggerated media reaction to behaviour that deviates from the norms and values of society.