gender and crime

• women actually commit less

  Parsons - biological nature to care and take responsibility for socialising children so have less opportunity
• women actually commit less

  Sutherland, girls are closely supervised and strictly controlled so have less inclination to be involved
• women actually commit less

  Heidenson, women only commit crime as rational choice, theft to feed family
• women actually commit less

  male dominated society has control over women and doesn't allow for deviance
• women actually commit less

  work place, glass ceiling, preventing women from being promoted to top jobs less opportunity for white collar crime
• men commit more

  sex role theory, boys are socialised differently, likely to be delinquent
• men commit more

  Sutherland, boys are encouraged to be risk takers and have aggressive and tough behaviour so have more inclination to be involved
• men commit more

  limited access to male role models, drawn to gang culture to be rewarded for 'masculine' traits and gain respect
• men commit more

  workplace ability to climb to higher roles more involved with white collar
• women only appear to commit less

  official stats, women are more likely to be cautioned rather than imprisoned
• women only appear to commit less

  Carlen, judged on your parenting skills if you are imprisoned, good mothers are given fines or community work and bad are imprisoned
• women only appear to commit less

  chivalry thesis, women treated with leniency in the CJS, given lighter sentences than male for same crime which effect prison rates
• women only appear to commit less

  double deviance, contradicts chivalry thesis as women are treated harsher if they commit crime as they deviate from societies and gender expected norms