CRIM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Radical Feminism, Femicide, Motor Vehicle Theft
1 Nov 2016
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Until recently, little research done to compare women and men in regards to crime. The gender gap: the difference between men and women in areas such as social, political, and economic attainment; a persistent finding in criminology is that men commit more crime than women. Generalization problem: the question of whether it is possible to explain female criminality with mainstream theories of crime that were originally developed to explain male criminality. Will look at the overview of gender differences in criminal offending, contemporary theories of the gender gap in crime, and research studies that examine gender differences/similarities. Theft under : most common crime for women and second most common for. Assault level 1: most common crime for men and second most common for women. For less serious crimes, the gap is not as large; for more violent and serious crimes, there"s a considerable amount more men arrested than women.
