crime and deviance

    Cards (4)

    • 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