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Crime and Gender
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Learning Objective
To know sociological explanations for gender
differences in crime. To be able to apply the concept of
Chivalry thesis
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Expectations
• In general how do people think…
Girls should act Boys should act
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What do the statistics say?????
• Females are less likely to offend than males.
• In 2006 – 99,900 females were found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable (serious) offences, compared with 407,100 males in England Wales
• Of offenders in England and Wales - 20% are female and 80% are male
Sociology GCSE for AQA Text book
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Theories
• Opportunities for criminal behaviour– Females have fewer opportunities then males to
commit crime– Greater supervision for girls than boys– Women have greater domestic responsibilities
• Primary / Secondary Socialisation– From early childhood we have different expectations
of children's behaviour according to gender– Boys/men conform to society’s views of masculinity
–pressure to act ‘tough’
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• Lifestyle Factors– Men more-likely to out at night, in clubs, pubs, etc.
where alcohol / illegal drugs are used. May lead to “loss of control” and relatively minor forms of crime as well as violence
– Women less likely to be in public areas at night. Any crimes will be committed in privacy of the home.
• Labelling (Stereotypes and Scapegoats)– Law enforcement agencies hold stereotypical beliefs
about men and women– Females offenders seen as ‘sad’ rather than bad,
therefore need help rather than punishment…
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Question
Do you think that being socialised into different gender roles helps
to explain why more men commit more crime than
women?
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On the other hand!!!!!!!• Females punished by the courts have increased by
almost ten per cent in two years to and is now at its highest level since 2004.
• Police warn of a growing trend of teenage girls, some as young as 14, being used to stash guns for criminals after a sharp rise in those caught with firearms.
• A total of 12,265 females were sentenced by the courts in the first three months of this year, a seven per cent rise on the same quarter last year and up nine per cent on 2007, according the Ministry of Justice statistics.
• In June it emerged the number of women involved in alcohol-related trouble has increased by almost a third in two years while, in May, figures showed females are now involved in a quarter of violent attacks.
Telegraph 2010
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SAD v BAD
• Chivalry Thesis - Females offenders seen as ‘sad’ rather than bad, therefore need help rather than punishment…
• Double Deviancy - Females are deviating from expected roles within society therefore should receive harsher punishment
– Once for the crime
– Twice for not acting feminine
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Newspaper article
“ Judges told:‘be more lenient to women
criminals’ ”
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Homework
Find other high profile cases of female criminals for homework, decide if the chivalry thesis applies.
write a paragraph on whether the chivalry thesis really exists in the criminal justice system