Women and Crime
CCJ 4670
REVIEW FOR EXAM 2
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Lecture 5 – Delinquency across the Life Span
1. Describe Claussen’s classic study of children of the Great Depression and its findings.
2. Define “turning point.” -involves a gradual or dramatic change which may lead to a modification, reshaping, or transition from one state, condition, or phase to another
3. Describe the various explanations for the age of desistance from crime. As age increases, criminal behavior decreases in frequency and seriousness. Ones identity in ages 17-20 begin to realize their life going nowhere and must make necessary changes to achieve success. The decision to give up or continue with crime is based on
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Lecture 6 – Gendered Crime
1. Describe women’s involvement in property crimes. Greater involvement in minor property crimes like fraud and embezzlement due to their economic marginalization or feminization of property.
2. Compare the rates of arrests for men and women for prostitution. Approx twice as many women(69%) as men(31%) are arrested.
3. Compare the gender differences in the drug industry, and describe the reasons for the differences. Women are not equal partners. Their earnings are low, drugs are acquired by sexual transactions and not cash. women dealers receive longer sentences than male dealers because they stand by their man. Often, the woman is charged with conspiracy to deliver drugs when her partner or spouse turns her in as the only way he has to reduce his own sentence.
Lecture 7 – Substance Abuse
1. Define dual diagnosis. They have a diagnosis mental disorder and a substance dependency disorder.
2. List the ways the nation’s war on drugs coupled with punitive sentencing practices continue to create harm to women.
3. Examine the gender differences in alcohol/drug consumption found by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). Women are more likely to abuse substances in order to lose weight, relieves stress or bordom, improve mood, reduce inhibitions, self medicate depression, increase confidence.
4. Explain why there are
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Women usually have the same type of story, on the reason they decided to get involved in drugs. Some women have the drugs introduced to them by their family or friends (Mallicoat, 2012). Others began this habit to cope with violence or abuse in their early childhood (Mallicoat, 2012). About half of the women who are incarcerated are in prison for some sort of drug offense; either for selling or for drug use. Introducing prevention programs, life skills training, mental health training, and other basic needs can help reduce the percentage of women going back to their habit and staying away from incarceration (Mcvay et. al, 2004). By just putting women in prison, instead of actually looking into the reason they are using drugs are not helping them and might even increase the risk of them returning to prison or the risk of further criminal activity. Treating drug use as a medical problem, with programs for drug addiction, can help the women from getting incarcerated. Viewing women as victims in scenarios like drug use being a medical problem or prostitution can ultimately help reduce the percentage of incarcerated women.
In addition, Stuart and Brice-Baker (2004) found that the rise in female criminal behavior and incarceration can be attributed to changes in women’s behavior and changes in the drug laws. The rate of drug sales, use, and addiction has increased, which has caused the number of women incarcerated for drug related crimes to increase. Although drug dealing has commonly been seen as a male dominated criminal activity, women have become more involved in the distribution
#2 Discuss three different social patterns regarding subculture and crime, i.e., who are more likely to be perpetrators? Victims? Who is most likely to be incarcerated? What crimes are females more likely to commit than males? What is the “gender contract”?
11) A motorist travels 160 km at 80 km/h and 160 km at 100 km/h. What is the average speed of the motorist for this trip?
Alcohol is a legal, soothing drug which changes how an individual feels. Drinking level for men and women are different. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states the difference between men and women drinking alcohol as well as injuries and deaths as a result of excessive alcohol use. Some injuries and deaths as a result of disproportionate alcohol use includes: Men consistently have higher rates of alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations than women, men are almost twice as likely as women to have been intoxicated among drivers in fatal motor-vehicle traffic crashes, excessive alcohol consumption increases aggression, and men are more likely than women to commit suicide, and more likely to have been drinking prior to committing suicide (CDC).
Substance abuse has made a major impact on the lives of women. In the past, using drugs was normalized and not considered abnormal because it was used to calm mothers and wives from the overbearing workload that was expected by them. Drugs for women was something that was ordinary for them and it was even shown in the media, there were advertisements that promoted the use of drugs and what type of drugs to take. However, when the War on Drugs commenced it took a toll on the women who were abusing these drugs. The War on Drugs targeted mostly women, resulting in a 108% increase of women incarceration rates. Since this war, there are outstanding numbers of addicted incarcerated women. A majority of these incarcerated women
Women who use drugs tend to be caught up in a cycle of prison and reoffending. The article written by Margaret Pereira is her personal account of the damaging effect that incarceration can have on a woman and her family.
The involvement of females in crime and as the committers of crime was once a rare phenomenon but in recent years a dramatic increase has been seen all over the world. In England and Wales statistics have shown between 1994 and 2006 female crimes have steadily increased and have since continued to do so (MOJ 2009). Many sociological explanations and interpretations have arisen to coincide this surge in female offending as to understand its recent development in society. This assignment will look at different feminist explanations and critically evaluate them and their value in understanding female crime.
A turning point, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is a point at which a significant change occurs. The entire history of America is comprised of many turning points. One specific turning point in United States history is the surprise aerial attack of Japanese fighter planes on the naval base of Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. This event can be considered a turning point because as a result of this attack, the United States government, under the command of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, declared war on Japan, which eventually led to the country joining in World War II. America’s involvement in the Second World War was a catalyst for many political, social, and economic changes.
The predominant types of offenses women tend to commit -- petty theft, check forgery, drug possession -- are nonviolent and low-level, yet women's rates of incarceration have steadily gone up, surpassing men's for the past 14 years. The
Current statistics show that men commit 80% of all crime and women commit only 20%. However there are arguments to suggest that the statistics highlight an under representation of female criminality, and there are many sociological arguments to suggest that female criminals are treated more leniently. On the other hand, some sociologists believe women are treated more harshly when they commit certain types of crime. This essay aims to assess the reasons for gender differences in reported crime rates.
One, is how they are invisible to the criminal justice system and how they are neglected. Women being invisible to the criminal justice system have caused them to be treated harshly and unfairly in the past. In the past, there was no prison so women would get punished physically. Majority of the crimes they were punished for were violating the standards for sexuality. However, in today’s society they are being treated more fairly.
It was predicted that the research would feel free to admit illegitimate delinquency to young investigation around the same age than the age of the middle aged person. The back boys would feel free to admit illegitimate delinquency to a youthful black person than to a middle aged person. There was no prediction about the effect on race on the white boy’s responses. The final prediction was that the metropolitan boys will perceive more legitimate opportunities and will admit and commit more delinquency than youth from rural or moderately popular
In order to apply this theory, let us begin by examining causes and effects of women and drug crimes. There have been multiple studies that have shown a close correlation between drug abuse and criminal involvement. Furthermore, involvement with drugs can have negative consequences for later opportunities and life careers. In regards to women specifically, there can be many different pathways during a woman’s life that may lead to an involvement