Women & Crime Exam 2025 With 100%
Correct Answers
Sex Roles/ Gender Socialization Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The focus is on differential
socialization and social reactions to men and women
When women commit crime, it is usually consistent with their socialization (nonviolent,
committed in the home, and against significant others)
We teach girls to be caretakers, communicate, be empathetic, while boys are encouraged to be
aggressive
Women;s Liberation Theories- Freda Adler - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Because women face social
and economic discrimination, they do not have the same opportunities to commit crime
- as women gain equal rights and power in society, female crime rate should go up
Radical Feminist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Focus on Patriarchy and Crime
Patriarchal Societies oppresss women both at home and in the workplace, violence is used
against women physically and sexually by men
Women respond to this in a variety of ways--> sexuality becomes their only resource--> high #
of female prostitutes
Thus reduced violence against women= reduced female criminality
Marxist and Socialist feminine theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ADD LATER
Life Course Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Theorizes that various life events affect one's risk
of offending (Longitudinal studies)
, Feminist Pathways Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Like LCR, argues there are multiple
pathways for women to get into crime, uses life histories
Multiracial Feminism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Gender Relations do not occur in a vacuum, race,
class, ability, sexuality, etc., impact relations with men and women
Intersectional approach to studying gender- understanding that identities are dynamic and
inequal, socially constructed power relations that operate at micro and macro structural level
2015 Arrest Rates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔26.9% of all arrests were female
- 20.3% violent crimes index
- 38.3% property crime arrests
From 2002-2011, fem. arrests increased by 5.8% while male decreased by 11%
- Property offenses account for most of this
- both male and female juvenile arrests declined significantly
Top 10 Crimes females are arrested for and Trends - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Larceny/theft
drug abuse violations
other assaoults
DUI
Disorderly conduct
Aggravated assault
Drunkenness
Liquor Law Violence
Fraud
Vandalism
Notice that Prostitution is not in Top 10
Similar for males but women don't have burglary on list and men don't have fraud on list
Correct Answers
Sex Roles/ Gender Socialization Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The focus is on differential
socialization and social reactions to men and women
When women commit crime, it is usually consistent with their socialization (nonviolent,
committed in the home, and against significant others)
We teach girls to be caretakers, communicate, be empathetic, while boys are encouraged to be
aggressive
Women;s Liberation Theories- Freda Adler - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Because women face social
and economic discrimination, they do not have the same opportunities to commit crime
- as women gain equal rights and power in society, female crime rate should go up
Radical Feminist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Focus on Patriarchy and Crime
Patriarchal Societies oppresss women both at home and in the workplace, violence is used
against women physically and sexually by men
Women respond to this in a variety of ways--> sexuality becomes their only resource--> high #
of female prostitutes
Thus reduced violence against women= reduced female criminality
Marxist and Socialist feminine theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ADD LATER
Life Course Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Theorizes that various life events affect one's risk
of offending (Longitudinal studies)
, Feminist Pathways Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Like LCR, argues there are multiple
pathways for women to get into crime, uses life histories
Multiracial Feminism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Gender Relations do not occur in a vacuum, race,
class, ability, sexuality, etc., impact relations with men and women
Intersectional approach to studying gender- understanding that identities are dynamic and
inequal, socially constructed power relations that operate at micro and macro structural level
2015 Arrest Rates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔26.9% of all arrests were female
- 20.3% violent crimes index
- 38.3% property crime arrests
From 2002-2011, fem. arrests increased by 5.8% while male decreased by 11%
- Property offenses account for most of this
- both male and female juvenile arrests declined significantly
Top 10 Crimes females are arrested for and Trends - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Larceny/theft
drug abuse violations
other assaoults
DUI
Disorderly conduct
Aggravated assault
Drunkenness
Liquor Law Violence
Fraud
Vandalism
Notice that Prostitution is not in Top 10
Similar for males but women don't have burglary on list and men don't have fraud on list
