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1
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views:

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They discuss why women do not commit crime referring to socialisation and patriarchy which reduce women’s opportunities

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Smart

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Looks at control in girls within the family

Girls are controlled regarding going out and who with and are instilled with fear

For males crime is role expressive and an extension of the male role

For females crime is role distorting and goes against their role and are therefore doubly deviant

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Heidensohn

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Discussive for forms of control:

control at home
control in public
control at work
control in social policy

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Carlen

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Considers why women do commit crime and are therefore breaking the class still deal and gender deal

Arguing that they are brought up outside the familial ideology which usually reinforces the gender deal

5
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Changes in female crime rates
Adler
Jackson

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Adler: argues that the rise in liberation has resulted in increased equality and therefore women are in the public sphere with fewer restrictions and more opportunities to commit crime

Jackson: found more prevalence and acceptance of Laddish behaviour from girls