What do the terms “Chivalry” and “Double Jeopardy” mean? How are woman treated differently to men by the Courts and Prison System?

... Foundation Studies in Criminology - Sue Uttley-Evans Joy Sharrock-Melrose What do the terms "Chivalry" and "Double Jeopardy" mean? How are woman treated differently to men by the Courts and Prison System? This assignment will consider the terms Chivalry and Double Jeopardy and interpret their meanings. The assignment will also portray how the Courts and Prison system may treat woman differently to men and show examples of how Chivalry and Double Jeopardy are used in Courts and in the Prisons today. Chivalry is a theory, believed by Pollak (1960), that claims women get less harsh treatment by the courts or prison system because of their womanly ways. For example a case reported in the Daily Mirror in January 1978. "A mother who flogged her eight-year old son with a belt, gave him cold baths and forced him to stand naked for hours at night." This woman was jailed for her terrible crime then wrongly freed

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