Criminology: Gender and Crime Statistics
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What percentage of people arrested in America for all crimes in 2019 were men?

  • 73% (correct)
  • 51%
  • 62%
  • 79%

    • What was the focus of criminology historically?

  • The study of men behaving badly (correct)
  • The study of women behaving badly
  • The study of crime and gender
  • The study of female criminality

    • What led to feminist scholars asking questions about women and crime?

  • The men's movement of the 1970s
  • The women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s (correct)
  • The crime wave of the 1990s
  • The women's movement of the 1980s

    • What is one of the core elements of feminist thought?

    <p>Gender is a social, historical, and cultural construct built on biological sex differences and reproductive capacities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of people arrested for violent crimes in America in 2019 were men?

    <p>79%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a range of feminist theories?

    <p>Women should have equal opportunities to those of men to women should never have sexual or romantic relationships with men</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a fundamental assumption underlying gender relations and social constructs of masculinity and feminity?

    <p>Men are superior to women</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key aspect of feminist criminology?

    <p>Studying women on their own terms and recognizing multiple factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do liberal feminists believe is the root cause of women's subordination?

    <p>Denial of civil rights and social opportunities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to radical feminists, what is the root cause of all social relations in inequality?

    <p>Masculine power and privilege</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key focus of radical feminist perspectives on crime?

    <p>Violence against women and criminal victimization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do radical feminists believe is the most widespread form of oppression?

    <p>Women's oppression, existing in virtually every known society</p> Signup and view all the answers

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