PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sex Offender, Homicide, Edwin Sutherland

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

The frontier phenomenon: rates of homicide (and violent crime in general, could be attributable to variations, could also be attributable to a historical culture. Males are more likely to be victims of: homicide, attempted murder, assault level 2 and 3, robbery. Females are more likely to be victims of: sexual assault, assault level 1, forcible confinement, criminal harassment. Male victimization is more likely to: involve a weapon, occur in public spaces, involve offenders who are acquaintances or strangers. Female victimization is more likely to: occur in the home, involve offenders who are current or former intimate partners. Masculinities & violence: for upper- and middle-class males, masculinity is demonstrated through normative success by having, money, a good, high-paying job, status symbols, e. g. Taking care of business: less affluent males (who do not have access to the symbols of normative success) demonstrate masculinity through, toughness, displays of dominance, willingness to engage in violence (anderson, 1999, 2010; messerschmidt,