Statistics for sociology key terms - crime and deviance

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		% Correct
political + sociological perspective that women should be treated equally to men	feminism	85%
thesis saying women are treated more leniently by the CJS than men	chivalry thesis	70%
survey type where people are asked to report crimes committed against them	victim survey	63%
expected patters of behaviour/ socially approve actions based on gender	gender roles	44%
invisible barrier that prevents women rising to senior positions at work	glass ceiling	44%
theory than women commit less crime due to control placed over them by men	patriarchal control	44%
survey type where people are asked to record what crimes they have committed	self report study	41%
disproportionate societal fear of a problem with an oversimplified cause	moral panic	37%
type of crime committed for financial or material gain	utilitarian crime	37%
thesis that says as society becomes more equal, women will commit more crime	liberation thesis	33%
perspective that believes statistics reflect real differences in offending	realism	33%
offer to women that if she works, she will be offered material rewards	class deal	22%
offer to women that if she conforms to gender norms, she will receive rewards	gender deal	22%
the dominant, most prestigious form of masculinity which men aim towards	hegemonic masculinity	22%
crime committed against members of the same ethnic group to the criminal	intra-ethnic crime	22%
repeated viewing of violence causes less reaction to it	desensitisation	19%
female expressive role creates less offending, male instrumental causes more	sex role theory	19%
culture than prefers socialising at home in private rather than in public spaces	bedroom culture	15%
crime committed against members of a different ethnicity to the criminal	inter-ethnic crime	15%
media label for stereotype of girls who displayed antisocial + violent behaviour	ladettes	15%
the perception that you are less well off than other people	relative deprivation	15%
where a prediction chat leads to its own completion just by being made	self fulfilling prophecy	15%
individual who's behaviour is internalised and copied, of perceived higher status	role model	11%
blaming someone/something else for others criminal actions	scapegoat	11%
feminist term for non feminist theories of crime that don't apply to women	malestream	7%
arresting and prosecuting people for less serious crimes than previously	net widening	7%
distorted retellings of an event which make it seem more dramatic or important	sensationalist	7%
the status that comes with physical assets of masculinity like muscles	bodily capital	4%
form of masculinity where men commit crimes or acts of deviance	oppositional masculinity	4%
form of masculinity where men subordinate themselves in certain situations	accommodating masculinity	0%