Discuss gender bias in police treatment of male and female offenders. Provide an example
What will be an ideal response?
• Some experts favor the chivalry hypothesis, which holds that police are likely to act paternally toward young girls and not arrest them.
• Others believe that police may be more likely to arrest female offenders because their actions violate officers' stereotypes of the female.
• There is some research support for various forms of gender bias. The nature of this bias may vary according to the seriousness of the offense and the age of the offender.
• Studies offer a variety of conclusions, but there seems to be general agreement that police are less likely to process females for delinquent acts and that they discriminate against them by arresting them for status offenses.
• Police tend to be more lenient toward females than males with regard to acts of delinquency.
• Merry Morash found that boys who engage in "typical male" delinquent activities are much more likely to develop police records than females.
• Student examples will vary.
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The negotiation process between the prosecution and defense to settle the case short of going to trial is known as:
A) Plea bargaining. B) Deferred judgment. C) Diversion. D) A pre-plea referral.
According to criminologists, ________ are more likely to be arrested and officially processed.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Identify a true statement about community policing.
A. Citizens are entrusted with conducting arrests on behalf of the police. B. Implementation plans for community policing remain the same among all agencies. C. Critical decisions are required to be made at the neighborhood level. D. The police view the community as a passive presence connected to them by an isolated incident or series of incidents.