SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Longitudinal Study, Shoplifting, Comfort Women
11 Feb 2014
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Which creates the image of female offenders as pathologically ill jan 30th, 2013 soc313 lecture 4. The traditional female roles, sexuality role critical. Different kinds of labels applied to women: unmarried, single, divorced etc all different kinds that label women /all different kinds that classify women"s appearance Fine line between what is acceptable or what is not acceptable for women/ all kinds of norms have social control implications for females. Occupational norms: women are still concentrated in certain kinds of jobs. Another important category in terms of deviant roles is what is considered appropriate deviant behaviours for women; any crime committed by women is considered deviant. A lot of studies on women"s crime have been tended to focus on women"s biology. Biological approach to female offending by lombroso and ferrero: Biological explanation for female crimes: biological determinism to explain female offending.
