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5.1 Gender & Crime
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What did
Sharpe
say about double standards?
-Courts only punish girls for
premature
sexual activity
-Can be put in
care
when they're never committed a
crime
due to this
What do feminists think?
The
criminal
justice
system
is
biased
against
women
What is a criticism of the chivalry thesis?
Ignores
male
crimes against
women
e.g.
sexual assault
What did
Farrington
&
Buckle
say against the chivalry thesis?
-Observational study of
shoplifting
-Witnessed
2x
as many
males
shoplifting despite number in stats are more or less
equal
-Female shoplifters may be more
likely
to be prosecuted
What did
Hood
find about women being jailed?
They were
3x
less likely than
men
to be jailed for similar cases
What did
Graham
&
Bowling
find using their research?
That even though males are more
likely
to offend, the differences are
smaller
than in statistics
What supports the chivalry thesis?
Self-report studies
Who theorised the chivalry thesis?
Pollak
The chivalry thesis
Most criminal justice agents are
men
, and men are
socialised
to act in a
'chivalrous'
way towards
women
and refrain from
arresting
&
convicting
them
What two reasons do sociologists give for why statistics underestimate the amount of female crime?
-'Female' crimes less likely to be
reported
-Less likely to be
prosecuted
or
given
less punishment
How many times more likely are men to be convicted of homicide than women?
15
times
Which gender is more likely to commit repeat offences?
Men
What offences are males & females more likely to commit?
Males-
Violence
&
sexual
offences
Females-
Property
offences