This argues
that the
criminal
The idea that justice system
women are (CJS) is more
less likely to lenient to
be prosecuted women,
for their because it's
offences is agents (eg,
known as the police
chivalry thesis officers,
judges, juries
etc.) are men,
Found young who are
Official socialised to
males were
statistics What is it? act
2.33 times Self-report
show that 'chivalrously'
more likely studies
females are (courteous)
than females suggest that
more likely to towards
to admit to female
receive a fine women
having offenders are
and less likely Pollak (1950)
committed an treated more
to be sent to
offence in the leniently
prison
previous year-
Their crimes
whereas the
are less likely
official Graham and
Argues that to end up in
statistics Bowling
men have a the official
show males (1995)
Evidence for protective statistics,
four times The Chivalry attitude giving an
more likely to the chivalry towards invalid picture
offend
thesis Thesis women, so that under-
they are represents
unwilling to female crime
arrest,
charge,
prosecute or
Compared Study of over convict them
with men, 3,000
women are defendants
also more found that
likely to be women were
Hood's (1992) Many male
cautioned about one
crimes do not
rather than third less
get reported
prosecuted likely to be
jailed for (eg, ****).
similar cases Crimes of the
more powerful
(mainly
committed by
males) are
also under-
Buckle and
reported
Farrington
(1984)
Found that
women were
not sentences
more leniently Evidence
for Suggests that
against the
comparable women
Witnessed
offences chivalry thesis shoplifters are
twice as many
more likely to
that the
criminal
The idea that justice system
women are (CJS) is more
less likely to lenient to
be prosecuted women,
for their because it's
offences is agents (eg,
known as the police
chivalry thesis officers,
judges, juries
etc.) are men,
Found young who are
Official socialised to
males were
statistics What is it? act
2.33 times Self-report
show that 'chivalrously'
more likely studies
females are (courteous)
than females suggest that
more likely to towards
to admit to female
receive a fine women
having offenders are
and less likely Pollak (1950)
committed an treated more
to be sent to
offence in the leniently
prison
previous year-
Their crimes
whereas the
are less likely
official Graham and
Argues that to end up in
statistics Bowling
men have a the official
show males (1995)
Evidence for protective statistics,
four times The Chivalry attitude giving an
more likely to the chivalry towards invalid picture
offend
thesis Thesis women, so that under-
they are represents
unwilling to female crime
arrest,
charge,
prosecute or
Compared Study of over convict them
with men, 3,000
women are defendants
also more found that
likely to be women were
Hood's (1992) Many male
cautioned about one
crimes do not
rather than third less
get reported
prosecuted likely to be
jailed for (eg, ****).
similar cases Crimes of the
more powerful
(mainly
committed by
males) are
also under-
Buckle and
reported
Farrington
(1984)
Found that
women were
not sentences
more leniently Evidence
for Suggests that
against the
comparable women
Witnessed
offences chivalry thesis shoplifters are
twice as many
more likely to