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12 Cards in this Set
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UK 2011 Crime Statistics |
- Male offenders - Committing: Theft, Violent Crime, Drug Offences etc |
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UK 2015 Imprisonment Statistics |
Prisons are over 90% populated by men |
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UK 2015 Fear of Crime Statistics |
16% of women fear violent crime 6% of men fear violent crime |
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UK 2015 Victims of Crime Statistics |
Men carry out 2x much violent crime While women are reported for domestic violence more |
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Feminism Womens Criminal Activity |
Women commit less crime due to patriarchal control |
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Dobash & Dobash (1979) |
Women are dominated and oppressed by husbands in the home |
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Hirschi (1969) |
Control Theory Men find it easier to cut ties with relationships and pursue crime Women can become pregnant and socially are more nurturing attempting to keep families together |
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Carlen (1988) Response To Patriarchy |
Class Dea: Study of female convicts 32/39 had lived in poverty Gender Deal: All 39 had experienced physical or emotional abuse |
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Liberation Thesis |
Women will begin to commit more crime as the patriarchy disappears |
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Pollock (1950) |
Chivalry Thesis CJS more leniant towards females due to male sympathy
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Graham & Bowling (1995) |
4x as many men than women are convicted of a crime annually |
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Carol Smart (1989) |
1980s to Judges bias towards the males in rape cases Suggesting the women deserved it or had allowed it to happen on purpose |
