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GENDER & CRIME - Coggle Diagram
GENDER & CRIME
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CHIVALRY THEISIS
- Argues that most criminal justice agents such as police officers and judges are men, and men have been socialised to act n a chivalrous way towards women
- POLLAK argues men have a positive attitude towards women and hate to accuse them, arrest them, prosecute them and fine them guilty
- Therefore the CJS is likely to be more lenient with them so their crimes less likely to end up in official statistics with gives an invalid picture that exaggerates the extend of gender differences in rates of offending
EVALUATION (A03)
- Court statistics appear to give some support to the chivalry thesis e.g females are more likely than males to receive a fine or a community sentence and less likely to be sent to prison
- ignores the fact that Many male crimes dont get reported e.g in 2012 only 8% of females who have been victims of a serious sexuak assault reported it to the police
- FARRINGTON AND MORRIS found that women were not sentenced more leniently for comparable offences
- if women appear to ben treated more leniently it may simply be because their offences are less serious so less likely to go to trial
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GENDER PATTERNS IN CRIME
Most crime appears to be committed by males
- official statistics show that:
- 3/4 convicted offenders in England & Wales are men
- a higher proportion of female offenders are convicted of property offences (except burglary)
- a higher proportion of male offenders are convicted of violence and sexual offences
- males are more likely to be repeat offenders, have longer criminal careers and commit more serious crimes
- Some sociologists argue that statistics underestimate the amount of female offending
- two arguments have been put forward in support of this view:
- 1) Female crimes are less likely to be reporte e.g shoplifting is less likely to be noticed or reported compared to violent or sexual crimes more often commited by men OR prostitution which females are more likely to engage in , is likely to go unreported by both parties
- 2) Some claim hat even when woman's crimes are detected or reported they are less likely to be prosecuted or get off lightly if prosecuted
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