gender

Question 1

in a nutshell

Answer 1

• Official statistics show men commit more crimes than women, however, sociologists disagree on the reasons why.
• Some sociologists argue female offending rates go unnoticed and unpunished because the criminal justice system treats women more leniently, through ideas such as the chivalry thesis (Pollak).

-However, some sociologists believe the gender differences in offending are due to the way women are socialised meaning they have less opportunity or desire to commit crime.

-On the other hand, other sociologists argue women do commit crime, but men merely commit more due to the idea of ‘masculinity’.