Briefly explain how differences in socialization influence crime between the genders.
What will be an ideal response?
For some males, crime is considered macho and enhances status, while female crime is usually stigmatizing. Despite social change, social expectations of women still center on nurtuing, beauty, virtue, and stereotypes of femininity that are incompatible with qualities valued in the criminal underworld. Female criminals are more likely to be drug-dependent or to come from deprived family backgrounds and more likely to engage in crime because of intimate or romantic relationships. Male physical strength and agility also favor males’ greater participation in certain crimes such as robbery and burglary while females tend to concentrate on less rewarding types of crime, such as shoplifting and employee theft.
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Which of the following are penalties that can be applied in civil cases?
A) compensatory damages B) punitive damages C) prison sentence D) A and B only E) All of the above.
Generally, federal law enforcement officers have jurisdiction to arrest:
A) anywhere within the United States. B) only on federal lands. C) in the District of Columbia. D) anywhere in the United States except on Indian reservations.
Define Theory.
What will be an ideal response?
?Lombroso considered the female offender to be _____.
A. ?insane B. ?physically fairly similar to the male offender in facial appearance C. ?psychologically similar to the male offender D. ?psychologically more cruel and vicious than the male offender