womens crime sociologists - Statistics

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liberation thesis - as women become liberated from patriarchy, they'll commit more crime Adler
100%
review of self report studies found women are not treated more leniently by the CJS Box
100%
observed 2x as many men shoplifting as women despite stats saying there's equal rates Buckle + Farrington
100%
women seen as less respectable punished more harshly than women seen as respectable Carlen
100%
class + gender deals - if reward is unavailable/not seen as worth it, women turn to crime Carlen
100%
many violent attacks come from mens dissatisfaction with their wives domestic duties Dobash + Dobash
100%
control theory - patriarchal control mean women have less opportunity to commit crime Heidensohn
100%
functionalist sex role theory - girls are socialised in a way which discourages crime Parsons
100%
chivalry thesis - men are socialised to protect not arrest women so CJS nice to women Pollak
100%
CJS professionals influenced by media stereotypes of "ladettes" - moral panic Sharpe
100%
criminal justice system is patriarchal + victim blaming when dealing with rape cases Smart
100%
criticise sex role theory for biological assumptions in men/womens best suited roles Walklate
100%
a woman suffers, on average, 35 assaults before reporting domestic violence Yearnshire
100%
policy of mandatory arrests for domestic violence distort female stats as couples fight Chesney-Lind
50%
magistrate perception of female defendants based on typical gender roles Stewart
50%
offending is biological + innate not sociological, there are very few born female criminals Ferrero
0%
self report studies - smaller gender differences in crime that official stats show Graham + Bowling
0%
found women are less likely to be jailed for similar cases in study of over 3000 cases Hood
0%
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