Feminist Theory - Criminological Theory - Lecture Slides, Slides of Criminology

Download Feminist Theory - Criminological Theory - Lecture Slides and more Slides Criminology in PDF only on Docsity! Feminist Theory The Gender Ratio The “Feminization of Crime” The Generalization Problem Docsity.com The Gender Gap or Ratio • Males dominate Criminal Offending – UCR data • Total Offending Male to Female is 3.5 to 1 • Serious Violent Male to Female is 5 to 1 – Relationship holds for self-report data, over time, across societies • One exception is for juvenile “status offenses” Docsity.com Example of Study: Jensen (2001) Gender Delinquency Deterrence Self-Concept/Sex Roles Antisocial Attitudes Maternal Controls Delinquent Peers Docsity.com And the winners are… • Antisocial Attitudes • Delinquent Peers • Gender Roles • Combination of these three “knocks gender out” of the picture – Or, “controlling” for these factors, gender no longer predicts delinquency Docsity.com The “Generalizibility Issue” • Patriarchal societyMales also dominate criminological theorizing – Are males biased in their perspective? • Traditional image of females as “good” • If delinqeunt or criminal = pathology – Tests of delinquency based on males? – Can “male” theories of crime explain female delinquency? • Similar questions have been raised regarding intervention/treatment Docsity.com