Exam 15: Crime As Case Study

What is the term for the kind of legal aid aimed at the resolution of separation and divorce issues?

According to recent data from Statistics Canada, which of the following crimes are Canadian women charged with more frequently than Canadian men?

As discussed in Kathy Kendall's (2000) work on women prisoners in Canada, protocol used to determine health needs are rife with _____________.

The majority of prostitutes are _______ who provide sexual services for ________.

Develop an essay in which you critically examine the representations of gender, family, and crime in the public reportage over the Elliot Spitzer "sex scandal".

Historically, widows and _________ women were considered particularly susceptible to witchcraft and devil worship.

What is the central danger noted in the textbook in the use of categories such as post-partum depression, premenstrual syndrome, and battered woman syndrome in acknowledging the different lived experiences of women?

What is Hagan's "power control" theory of crime?

Kelly Hannah-Moffat's (2004) analysis of decision making at parole boards illustrates the institutionalization of ______________ risk frames.

What does the organization COYOTE stand for?

Imagine that you have been charged with a serious crime that you did not commit but which there is much evidence that seems to pin you to the crime. Write a brief (and fictional) story describing how you imagine your arrest would take place and analyze how well or how poorly you would likely fare, in relation to your social positioning, gender, and resources. Draw extensively upon the text in your exploration and use an intersectional approach to crime.

When compared to men in similar positions, institutionalized women are held to a ____________ standard.

In 2006, First Nations women made up ______% of the female prison population in Canada.

The most important variable for explaining the disproportionate number of First Nations persons in the Canadian prison system is ______________.

Freda Adler's 1975 book Sisters in Crime argued that women's liberation contributed to women's ______________.

The phenomenon of "girls gone wild', highly reported following a few incidents of violence and bullying by girls that was given wide publicity in recent years is an example of:

Women's violations of social norms have been more likely to be seen in terms of ______________ rather than as criminal activity.

In Canada today, women make up about ______% of federally sentenced offenders.

In what ways have feminist theorists of crime attempted to redress the 'woman as bad' and/or 'woman as mad' versions of criminality?

Whereas female criminality is generally characterized as "deviant", male criminality is generally thought of as ____________.