SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Equal Protection Clause, Postfeminism, Reproductive Rights
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Paying attention to what counts (or doesn"t) as a crime and how these definitions relate to who is in power. Critique: extreme application of marxist theory to crime covers too much, is too conspiratorial, can"t explain counterexamples, too much focus on capitalism. The gender gap : men = majority of arrests, convictions, and punishment. Female crime rate is 1:4 male crime rate (1. 1k v. 4. 2k/100k accusations) Women tend to commit different types of crimes. Theft (other than theft of a motor vehicle), common assault, bail violations and fraud. Women tend not to recidivate (and those who do, do not escalate) Women = 6% of offenders in provincial/territorial sentenced custody, 4% in federal sentenced custody and 6% remanded into custody to await court appearances (2004/5) Criminology has historically been less interested in female crime (consequently, very little known about female criminality) Perceptions that female criminality is naturally low and always has been.
