Examine the influence of gender in explaining crime and deviance Many different individuals carry out criminal or deviant acts in society, some of which take part in the activity due to different reasons that may be associated with their gender. The mass media plays a big role in gender explanations of crime; they portray what is known as ‘folk devils’ to the public through the means of television, radio and papers. This is the exposure of individuals who would be viewed as ‘bad apples’ or a ‘threat’ in society. Males fall into the ‘folk devil stereotype’ and are often glorified in their deviant behaviour, more so than females. Cohen explains how the use of folk devils create a ‘moral panic’ where now society becomes frightened by these ‘folk devils’ and label male individuals according to this stereotype, thus resulting in different treatment.
Domestic Violence, or spousal abuse, is one of the most appalling crimes in the criminal justice system. Domestic violence involves the abuse of an intimate partner through means of physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual aggression. When most people think of domestic violence, the most frequent thought is the husband, or boyfriend, battering their defenseless female partner. What people fail to realize is that domestic violence does not happen strictly between heterosexual couples, same sex couples can become victims of battering as well. They can suffer much more than heterosexual victims.
Examine the Patterns of and reasons for, Domestic Violence in society. (24 marks) Domestic Violence is defined by the Women’s Aid federation (2008) as; Physical, mental, sexual, or financial Violence, that takes place within an intimate or family type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. It may involve partners, ex-partners, household members or relatives. A common view of Domestic Violence is that it caused by psychological effects, rather than social effects, but sociologists have challenged this view. It is thought that it is the behaviour of a few ‘sick’ or disturbed individuals, but in actual fact Domestic Violence is far too widespread to be the work of just a few individuals.
* Often use verbal threats such as, "I’ll slap your mouth off", "I’ll kill you", or "I’ll break your neck". Abusers may try to excuse this behaviour by saying, "everybody talks like that". * May hold rigid stereotypical views of the roles of men and women. The abuser may see women as inferior to men, stupid, and unable to be a whole person without a relationship. * Are very controlling of others.
Infidelity is being unfaithful to a partner by having an intimate relationship with another person. Spouses get angry because their partner has cheated on them with another person. By getting angry they physically or psychological abuse their partners. Spouses that are psychologically abused show symptoms of, poor self-esteem, anxiety, depression and a distorted sense of reality (Michael and Trotter), in this case men partners cheat on their female partners, and most of them get away with it. Because the women are not strong enough to stand up to the men.
Women’s Prison Subculture: An Analysis and Comparison to Men’s Prisons Breione R. Nora Southern University Of New Orleans Abstract In the 18th century society, one that placed such heavy emphasis on traditional roles, to be a criminal was seen as a greater violation of the female sex role than that of the male. Back in times where society generally expected a woman to present herself as a “lady”, it was perceived that for her to be a criminal, she must have had to be either crazy (commonly referred to as “mad“) or just inherently evil. This, along with the fact that women were considered property, contributed to the substandard treatment of women in corrections. Throughout the 19th century, female prisoners were generally incarcerated
Domestic Violence A Vulnerable Population. Introduction What is vulnerability? Webster defines vulnerable as, “that can be wounded or physically injured, open to criticism or attack, easily hurt as by adverse criticism; sensitive, open to attack by armed forces” (Macmillian General Reference, 1997, p. 1064). Historically women have been dominated by men; this paper will discuss the impact of domestic violence against women along with identifying the barriers that stop them from receiving essential medical and psychological support. Barriers Women who are victims of domestic violence suffer from physical and emotional abuse that may go undetected by healthcare professionals.
They have to talk about it otherwise this is a wound that festers and it will lead to depression. Sometimes the victim feels they provoked it and tends to feel guilt and lose trust in men. Rape may also affect the victim by them not being able to have a happy sexual relationship and partnership. In some cases victims commit suicide because they are unable to deal with the trauma. They should seek counseling in a self-help group of molested or raped victim’s.
Recently domestic violence has been considered a violation of the law. Although men have mistreated, assaulted and abused their wives, but in the past abusing the partner was a normal part of the intimate relationships or marriage as viewed by the society. Only by the end of the 20th century has domestic violence been viewed as a crime. Domestic violence is a gender-based crimes, which has a short history, but a very long past. As I said above, men have mistreated, assaulted and abused their wives, but in the past abusing the partner was a normal part of the intimate relationships or marriage as viewed by the society, so women should expect all these when entering a marriage or establishing a relationship and she should tolerate it.
Police Response to Domestic Violence Name Class Affiliation Instructor Date Domestic violence has been one of those violations related to gender that has had a long history. Men have mistreated, abused, and battered their wives for a long period. Traditionally, wife or companion mistreatment has been regarded as a "usual" part of marriage; an experience that married women tolerates or expects. Only in the 1970's, was domestic violence defined as a crime, justifying involvement of the criminal justice system. Given the scope of domestic violence definition, the nature of the relationships in which violence happens, and the fact that numerous cases of domestic violence go unreported; it is not possible to measure the exact degree of the