Statistics for crime and deviance sociologists

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		% Correct
bobo doll experiment - people copy the actions of violent role models	Bandura	56%
class + gender deals - if reward is unavailable/not seen as worth it, women turn to crime	Carlen	44%
women seen as less respectable punished more harshly than women seen as respectable	Carlen	44%
control theory - patriarchal control mean women have less opportunity to commit crime	Heidensohn	44%
left realist view - stats real crime due to relative deprivation, marginalisation + subcultures	Lea + Young	44%
ethnic minorities scapegoat when unrest at capitalism - deviance amplification so stats	Hall et al	33%
criticise sex role theory for biological assumptions in men/womens best suited roles	Oakley	33%
functionalist sex role theory - boys don't have male socialisation role model so join gangs	Parsons	33%
liberation thesis - as women become liberated from patriarchy, they'll commit more crime	Adler	22%
review of self report studies found women are not treated more leniently by the CJS	Box	22%
many violent attacks come from mens dissatisfaction with their wives domestic duties	Dobash + Dobash	22%
chivalry thesis - men are socialised to protect not arrest women so CJS nice to women	Pollak	22%
criminal justice system is patriarchal + victim blaming when dealing with rape cases	Smart	22%
myth of black criminality - racist stereotypes acted on by CJS + black crime is resistance	Gilroy	11%
CJS professionals influenced by media stereotypes of "ladettes" - moral panic	Sharpe	11%
observed 2x as many men shoplifting as women despite stats saying there's equal rates	Buckle + Farrington	0%
policy of mandatory arrests for domestic violence distort female stats as couples fight	Chesney-Lind	0%
offending is biological + innate not sociological, there are very few born female criminals	Ferrero	0%
self report studies show white + blacks have similar rates of offending + Asians lower	Graham + Bowling	0%
self report studies - smaller gender differences in crime that official stats show	Graham + Bowling	0%
found women are less likely to be jailed for similar cases in study of over 3000 cases	Hood	0%
magistrate perception of female defendants based on typical gender roles	Stewart	0%
a woman suffers, on average, 35 assaults before reporting domestic violence	Yearnshire	0%