Deck 33: Gender, Crime and Justice

Question 1

On arrest a far higher proportion of women are cautioned than of men.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What elements were the focus of the Government's 2004 Women's Offending Reduction Programme (WORP)?

A)to increase the number of mother an baby units in prison
B)drugs treatment
C)mental health provision
D)problems of resettlement

Answer 2

drugs treatment
mental health provision
problems of resettlement

Question 3

Women are at greater risk of becoming the victim of:

A)a personal crime
B)'stranger' violence
C)'domestic' violence
D)Theft from the person

Answer 3

a personal crime
'domestic' violence
Theft from the person

Question 4

In terms of violent, prevalence increases for women:

A)If they are single
B)If in poor health
C)In lower socio-economic groups
D)As they get older

Question 5

Following Home Office Circular 69/1986 and the establishment by the Metropolitan Police of a dedicated Domestic Violence Unit (DVU), the Home Office urged other forces to follow suit. The aim was to:

A)offer support to victims
B)liaise with other agencies
C)monitor the work of the police
D)punish violent men

Question 6

What is the explanation for the rise in women's offending during the 1970s and 1980s?

Question 7

What is 'the 'chivalry thesis'?

Question 8

How does the Home Office define 'domestic violence'?

Question 9

Why are women who complain of sexual assault said to be subjected to 'secondary victimization'?

Question 10

How is the criminal law said to be used to control women's sexuality?

A)The courts operate a 'double standard' with respect to sexual behaviour
B)The courts 'sexualise' normal female delinquency
C)'Wayward' girls can come into care without ever having committed an actual offence
D)they allow a wider leeway if women are pregnant

Question 11

Almost three-quarters (71%) of women sent to prison receive sentences of:

A)more than one year
B)less than one year
C)more than two years

Question 12

Women appear to be treated more leniently by the courts.

Question 13

Even in prisons where mother and baby units are available (MBUs) they will be forcibly separated once the child is 18 months old.

Question 14

'Attrition' is a serious issue in relation to domestic violence and rape.

Question 15

In the UK women currently represent just over one-fifth of police service strength, but tend to be concentrated in the lower ranks.

Question 16

According to Heidensohn (1996) what is the most significant feature of recorded crime?

A)that the bulk of crime appears to be undertaken by girls and women
B)that the bulk of crime appears to be undertaken by older teenagers
C)that the bulk of crime appears to be undertaken by boys and men

Question 17

What does it mean to argue that our understanding of crime and our responses to it are highly 'gendered'?

A)we think women are more 'criminal'
B)we appear to take somewhat different approaches to male and female offending
C)we think men are more prone to temptation

Question 18

What percentage of men commit one or more criminal offence at some point in their lives?

A)0.1
B)0.2
C)0.5

Question 19

What percentage of women commit one or more criminal offence at some point in their lives?

A)0.1
B)0.2
C)0.5

Question 20

What does it mean to say that 'Men as males have not been the objects of the criminological gaze'?