NCJ Number
38418
Journal
Crime and Social Justice Volume: 6 Dated: (FALL-WINTER 1976) Pages: 17-27
Date Published
1976
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER PRESENTS EMPIRICAL EXAMINATIONS OF THREE CURRENT THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FEMALE CRIME WHICH ADDRESS CHANGES IN THE ROLES AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF WOMEN.
Abstract
THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION (ROLE REVERSAL), HUMAN LIBERATION (ROLE CONVERGENCE), AND SEXISM (ROLE VARIATION) THEORIES OF FEMALE CRIME ARE EXAMINED IN LIGHT OF RECENT ANALYSES OF NATIONAL ARREST DATA AND THE SELF-REPORTED DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR OF 555 EIGHTH AND ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS IN AN UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBAN COMMUNITY. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE SEXISM MODEL IS MORE VALID THAN THE LIBERATION THEORIES OF FEMALE CRIME AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.