Gender and Crime

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Gender and Crime
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Starter

• Official Crime Statistics (OCR) reveal how
  recorded crime appears to be a masculine activity
  (87 of all recorded crime). However, crime
  committed by women is increasing.
• How would you explain this?
• Give 3 reasons

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Lesson Overview
To understand statistics on gender and crime. To
be able to analyse sociological ideas on gender
and crime. To evaluate key studies on gender and
crime.
A Grade Debate using evaluation skills by
finding strengths and weaknesses in others
arguments. B Grade Debate using analysis skills
by developing others arguments. C Grade Debate
showing an understanding of statistics on gender
to back up their argument.  
Debate (students contribute to the level of their
ability and can analyse, evaluate etc throughout
the debate) Differentiated worksheets
Text analysis VCOP
Get them to consider the social, moral, cultural
impact of the divide between men and women and
crime.
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Gender and Crime
3 questions we need to address in order to
discover if women are less criminal than men
Are there differences in the amount of crime
committed by men and women?
Are there differences in the kinds of crime
committed by men and women?
Is there any evidence that womens crime has
changed in either amount or kind ?
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Men are criminals, women are victims
Discuss
To understand statistics on gender and crime. To
be able to analyse sociological ideas on gender
and crime. To evaluate key studies on gender and
crime.
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Theories of Gender and Crime
Frances Heidensohn (1985) suggests that the
question we should be asking is not why some
women commit crime, but why women are so
non-criminal?
She considers three explanations
Biological Theory (Lombrosa)
Sex-role Theory (Parsons)
Transgression (Postmodernism)
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ASSESS THE SOCIOLOGICAL REASONS FOR MALES
COMMITING MORE CRIME THAN WOMEN.
Homework