females

• pollack

  • chivalry thesis
  • protective attitudes towards women
  • turn a blind eye
• farrington + morris

  • 408 female offences sentenced leniantly
• parsons

  • sex role theory
  • boys socialised to be tough
  • aggression + anti social behaviour
• heidensohn

  • patriarchal control
  • women have less time to commit crime due to domestic duties
  • domestic division of labour
• dobash + dobash

  • violence from dissatisfaction of domestic roles
• adler

  • liberation theory
  • increase in equality -> more female crime
• carlen

  • class + gender deals
  • serious criminals wc
  • class: material rewards
  • gender: emotional rewards