by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Gender & Deviance
Download this extract from Social Trends 38 and read the section on ‘Offenders’. Study carefully the graph and bar chart (Figures 9.12 and 9.13) on book page 129. Now answer the following questions: What proportion of offenders in 2006 were males? What is...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Gender & Deviance
Read the following item and answer the questions at the end. Myra Hindley, Rose West and Mary Bell are all names of women who have been ‘demonised’ in the tabloid press. Another name added to that list in recent years was Maxine Carr. On August the 4th 2002, two...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Gender & Deviance
Below is a table for you to complete. In each box, give several examples of ways in which different groups of males ‘accomplish’ masculinity. Middle-class males Lower-class males Work and success Wealth and income ...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Gender & Deviance
Click here to download and read Gender factors in risk factors for offending by David Farrington and Kate Painter (2004). Answer the following questions: How did the researchers choose their sample? What differences between brothers and sisters did they find in types...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Gender & Deviance
Question 1: Describe what you would see as the stereotype of a typical night-club bouncer. In how many ways does this image reflect his masculinity? Question 2: Suggest three typical toys for boys, and three for girls, that appear to reinforce ‘instrumental’ and...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Gender & Deviance
80% or four-fifths. Women are more likely than men to be cautioned rather than prosecuted; less likely to be sent to jail; less likely to be arrested. Girls are more likely to be put into care because of sexual activity; women can be punished more harshly if they do...
