Gender Difference In Crime

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Purpose and Need for Study (Leah E. Daigle , Francis T. Cullen John Paul Wright, 2007):

The article talks about a very popular topic – the gender difference – in criminal theories. In it and accordingly to the authors, the male in crime phenomenon and its theoretical approach both are highly criticized by feminist scholars. Those scholars insist that criminal theories are made for the exclusive representation of the males, as well as they are conceived by male criminologists to explain male criminality, and using males in crime as a unique sample for research studies.

The feminist scholars seeing this situation, as the monopoly of one sex. Consequently, and accordingly to them the gender-specific theories need to be created.

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The author renews the consensus as to whether gender differences in the prediction of delinquency and crime exist.
While this article’s major goal is to orientate the gender difference, it also describes major theories so the classical ones stay the most efficient in explaining the gender violence and the offender’s personal development. In some cases this personal development stays similar for both of the gender, like the anti-social behavior due to low self-control, described as a cause of delinquency. (Gottfredson and Hirschi’s, …show more content…

Keywords: gender; delinquency; generality-specificity; feminist; life course

Main Finding(s): Leah E. Daigle, Francis T. Cullen John Paul Wright (2007 )
This research does an effort in drawing a line between two genders research and rejects the suggestion that many of the predictors of male and female offending are similar, as well as the argument that gender-neutral theories cannot adequately explain female delinquency.

Some scholars that are also feminists claim that a few specific theories must be designed, in order to incorporate unique experiences that contribute to a woman’s criminality.

Relevance of article ( Leah E. Daigle, Francis T. Cullen John Paul Wright ) to the study of women and crime: This research is significant for the general understanding of the difference between the gender representations in the modern American Criminal Justice system. The research proposes methodologies on how to deal with the gender difference phenomenon while fighting crime. The article is represented in the form of an overall examination. It shows the necessity to separate females from the general perception of the criminals and gives solid reasons to separate the criminals by gender. This article proposes factors for the gender difference while treating crime and investigating the source of the committed criminal

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