Men and Crime 1

Men and Crime 1

Statistics
1. Men account for 80% of offenders in the UK
2. 92% of the prison population are male
3. Men are more likely to be repeat offenders, commit serious offences or be cautioned.
Functionalist - Gender Role Theory
1. Differential male association/socialisation. Males = the breadwinner so characteristics e.g. toughness, masculinity and competitiveness make males predisposed to commit crime.
2. Men have more opportunity to commit crime
Strain Theory - Merton
1. Men have higher aspirtations in terms of economic status. Economically/socially deprived males (blocked opportunity) means they are more likely to innovate
Miller (1962) - Focal Concerns
1. Toughness, touble, masculinity - DEVIANT VALUES.
  1. Propells males into gang crime.
Albert Cohen - Subcultural Theory
1. w/c males often need status from their peers
New Criminology and Left Realism
1. Black working class males commit crime as a political protest (Gilroy, 1983)
2. Relative deprivation, marginalisation and subcultures
Right Realism
1. Faulty socialisation
Biological Differences
1. Eyesnck (1970) - male criminality is genetic.
2. Males are often more extrovert

Resource summary

	Created by Sarah Mather almost 12 years ago