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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>79% (A)</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 (A)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (C)</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 (B)</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 (C)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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