Exam 11: Females and Delinquency

Some delinquency experts suggest that increased crime rates for girls can be explained by __________ theories.

What period saw the height of the second wave of the feminist movement?

Radical feminists argue against a male-dominated society, also known as a

The evil woman hypothesis is the tendency for justice officials to give lighter sentences to girls.

It is often difficult to determine whether changes in female delinquency are due to underlying behavior or to ________________.

Which of the following is not a perspective, or version, of feminist theory?

According to the 2018 Uniform Crime Reports, homicides were most common in females under the age of eighteen.

One aspect of sexual freedom over which feminists do not always agree is __________.

Carol Gilligan argues that many of the characteristics associated with gender can be explained through __________.

What is the doctrine that advocates equality in the social, economic, and political treatment of women in society?

The behavioral, physical, and psychological traits that are typically attributed to either a man or woman describe a person's __________.

One of the problems with measuring female delinquency patterns is that there are methodological changes in the way crimes are defined and analyzed.

Who argues in her book, The Beauty Myth, that women are taught to measure their worth in terms of physical appearance?

Freda Adler argued that the rise in female crime was, at least in part, attributable to __________.

Radical feminists argue against a male-dominated society, also known as a matriarchal society.

The tendency for justice officials to give lighter sentences to girls is sometimes referred to as the

Freda Adler argued that the rise in female crime was, at least in part, attributable to the women's liberation movement.

According to feminist theory, gender, along with race, has not actually been shown to affect decision-making by officials in the juvenile justice system.

The 1960s and 1970s is considered the second wave of the feminist movement.

Applying to female juvenile offenders the same disciplinary techniques used to treat male offenders is problematic because