CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Masculinity, Embezzlement, Shoplifting

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Gender and crime i the female offender. The image: perceptions of female criminality: nasty girls are unruly women. Communication of language; contradicts the traditional role of a female that women are caregivers and classy, rather than violent and nasty . Violating these gender norms by committing crime: public perception, rates of female crime are on the rise, women and in particular, young girls are becoming more violent, equalization of opportunities and the disappearance of the gender gap . Women"s involvement of crime is because they will become more equal with men in terms of equality. Increasing rates of criminal behavior on the part of girls and women and a narrowing of. More significant increase in the rate of crime more for women than for men. The rate of male violent crimes had decreased as the rate of female violent crime had increased. Female youth crime had increased more than the crime committed by males both engaging in violent crimes.