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 and numbers of crime convictions? What were the most important family risk factors? How did the risk factors differ … [Read more...]

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 ‘expressive ‘roles. … [Read more...]

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 not fit the stereotypical gender role; women victims in rape trials are likely to be blamed. It assumes that women are … [Read more...]