Gender, crime and justice

  1. Read articles once fully and try to write notes explaining the main topic
    THE FEMALE OFFENDER: Girls, Women and Crime
    1) Why are the early criminological theories a problem?
    2) List three ways that invisibility has worked against young girls.
    3) Describe the different trends between male and female types of arrests?
    4) Define status offenses. How do status offenses play a major role in girls’ delinquency? (2 parts here, make sure to answer both)
    5) Identify the major components of each of these theories:
    A.Liberation theory
    B.Power-control
    C.Pathways theory (hint: childhood gendered abused)
    D.According to the film “pushout” what is a second and more recent application of the pathways theories
    Choice with Constraint Article
    6) Give a brief explanation of how gendered identities influence offending decisions.
    7) Explain this sentence, “Acts of violence do not make the woman” in the same way they “make the man.”