GENDER ROLES AND FEMALE CRIMINALITY - SOME CRITICAL COMMENTS

• NCJ Number: 42112
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Dated: (MAY 1977) Pages: 87-104
• Author(s): S NORLAND; N SHOVER
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES THE RECENT CLAIM THAT WOMEN ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN AGGRESSIVE OR SERIOUS CRIMIAL ACTIVITIES.

Abstract

ON THE BASIS OF AN A PRIORI CLASSIFICATION OF AGGRESIVE CRIMES, A REVIEW OF THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA REVEALS NO UNAMBIGUOUS PATTERN OF CHANGE IN WOMEN'S CRIMINALITY. SEVERAL THEORETICAL PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE INHIBITED THE SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GENDER ROLES AND CRIMINALITY ARE DISCUSSED. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS PAID TO THE LACK OF CONCEPTUAL PRECISION THAT CHARACTERIZES THE USE OF THE TERMS GENDER AND AGGRESSIVE CRIME.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...TWH