SOC310H5 Chapter 6-11: SOC310 FINAL READINGS
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Jane sprott and anthony doob: when we consider the nature and extent of female delinquency using official statistics it is. The criminal girl and biology: traditionally when girls appeared in criminological literature, they were misrepresented and. Pathological or sexual delinquents and understood as other : early criminologists mythologized the girl delinquent, assuming that because she was rare she must be profoundly different. With greater male control over women and girls in families, the risk for female adolescent deviance decreases. Ironic that the argument suggests that greater economic and social opportunities for girls and women will result in more crime and delinquency among females when these same conditions are assumed to reduce crime among males. Individual level pathways (ex/ psycho-social factors) and structural-level pathways (societal factors) to girls" criminalization. Individual level pathways: include the personal characteristics and problems that condition a young woman"s choices, making her more vulnerable to criminalization, individual level factors: Home leaving or running away from home .
