crime and deviance

• Feminism- Carlen

  • Working class women turn to crime if they don’t get the “class deal” (low-paying job), or “gender deal” (husband).
  • Unstructured interviews on 39 mostly working class convicted women aged 15-46.
• Feminism- Heidensohn


  “Control theory”: women commit less crime because their lives are much more controlled than men’s, eg. childcare.
• Interactionism- Becker


  Labelling someone as deviant = master status = self-fulfilling prophecy.
• Marxism

  Crime is caused by pressures of capitalism, with bourgeoisie oppressing and targeting the proletariat (and bourgeoisie getting away with their own crimes as they control justice system