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CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE PROPOSITION THAT, ‘DUE TO THE GROWTH OF THE MODERN WOMENS MOVEMENT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN FEMALE OFFENDING SINCE THE EARLY 1970S’
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UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND SCHOOL OF HEALYH, NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CRI201: ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY MODULE LEADER: NICOLA GROVES ASSIGNMENT 2: ESSAY CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE PROPOSITION THAT, 'DUE TO THE GROWTH OF THE MODERN WOMENS MOVEMENT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN FEMALE OFFENDING SINCE THE EARLY 1970S' STUDENT: JENNIFER GARTLAND ID: 032805136 This essay will consider whether there has been a growth in female crime since the early 1970s and whether this is linked to the growth in the modern women's movement. In order to do this I will highlight the links that have been made between an increase in female crime and the women's movement such as the decrease in chivalry, and an increase in 'maleness'. I will also draw attention to the possibility that these links could also be caused by the way crime statistics are put together, for example arrest rates, and that all crime is rising not just female, and that we need to look at specific...
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