Crime And Deviance Research Paper
Sociology
Assessment Criteria 2.2 critically examin statistics on the distrabution of crime and deviance with referance to : Gender
One of the distinctions that we need to understand is the differance between "Crime and Deviance". They are not always the same things Deviance occours when people do not conform to social rules - norms and values. This could be something as minor as wearing the wrong kind of clothes to a partyor as major as killing someone - deviance is behaviour that is not seen as acceptable or normal. Crime occours when somebody does something which is against the laws of society or something illegal. Sometimes an action may be classed as deviant but not criminal, or criminal but not deviant. We must take many factors …show more content…
By this Smart was suggesting that criminolgy itself as a dicipline was tied to male questions and concerns and that it could never offer answers to feminist questions.
(Carlen, Smart, 1990-1992,p.256)
Normative masculinity in society that is highly valued by most males. Normative masculinity refers to the socially approved idea of what ' a real man' is. Masculinity defines through differance from and desire for women, masculinity is so prized, males find it diffucult to live up to it's expectations. Males only want to achieve which involves being constantly worked at.
However, the construction of this masculinity takes place in different contexts and through different methods depending upon the particular male's access to power and resources.
More powerfull male's will acomplish their masculinity in diffrent ways and context than anotther male which is less powerfull. Some males express it through showing power over a woman in theyr work place or if they have no power in the work place, it may be expressed at home or even in the street through …show more content…
There is statistical evidence that men commit more crimes than women. In 2002 male offenders in England and Wsles outnumbered female offenders by more than four to one. In 2000 the peak age of offending was 18 for males and 15 for females. Slightly higher proportiones of male than female offenders (59 percent compared with 56 percent) were aged 21 and over. People aged 35 and over, particularly women, are much less likely to be found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences.
Men outnumber women in all major crime catagories. Between 85 an 95 percent of offenders found guilty of burglary, robbery, drug offences, criminal damage or violence against a person are male. Although the number of offenders are realativly small, 98 percent of people found guilty of, or cautiones for, sexual offences are male. Theft was the most commonly commited offence by both men and women in 2002. For indictible offences, 57 percent of female offenders were found guilty of or cautioned for theft and handling stolen goods compared with 34 percent of male
Assessment Criteria 2.2 critically examin statistics on the distrabution of crime and deviance with referance to : Gender
One of the distinctions that we need to understand is the differance between "Crime and Deviance". They are not always the same things Deviance occours when people do not conform to social rules - norms and values. This could be something as minor as wearing the wrong kind of clothes to a partyor as major as killing someone - deviance is behaviour that is not seen as acceptable or normal. Crime occours when somebody does something which is against the laws of society or something illegal. Sometimes an action may be classed as deviant but not criminal, or criminal but not deviant. We must take many factors …show more content…
By this Smart was suggesting that criminolgy itself as a dicipline was tied to male questions and concerns and that it could never offer answers to feminist questions.
(Carlen, Smart, 1990-1992,p.256)
Normative masculinity in society that is highly valued by most males. Normative masculinity refers to the socially approved idea of what ' a real man' is. Masculinity defines through differance from and desire for women, masculinity is so prized, males find it diffucult to live up to it's expectations. Males only want to achieve which involves being constantly worked at.
However, the construction of this masculinity takes place in different contexts and through different methods depending upon the particular male's access to power and resources.
More powerfull male's will acomplish their masculinity in diffrent ways and context than anotther male which is less powerfull. Some males express it through showing power over a woman in theyr work place or if they have no power in the work place, it may be expressed at home or even in the street through …show more content…
There is statistical evidence that men commit more crimes than women. In 2002 male offenders in England and Wsles outnumbered female offenders by more than four to one. In 2000 the peak age of offending was 18 for males and 15 for females. Slightly higher proportiones of male than female offenders (59 percent compared with 56 percent) were aged 21 and over. People aged 35 and over, particularly women, are much less likely to be found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences.
Men outnumber women in all major crime catagories. Between 85 an 95 percent of offenders found guilty of burglary, robbery, drug offences, criminal damage or violence against a person are male. Although the number of offenders are realativly small, 98 percent of people found guilty of, or cautiones for, sexual offences are male. Theft was the most commonly commited offence by both men and women in 2002. For indictible offences, 57 percent of female offenders were found guilty of or cautioned for theft and handling stolen goods compared with 34 percent of male