SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Criminology, Masculinity
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What was the startling criminological development that marked the turn of the century (pg. The startling criminological development that marled the turn of the century , described by irwin and chesney-lind was that the long-standing gender gap in youth violence appeared to be swiftly closing. During some epochs, violent girls are __ignored__ and _trivialized____. During other eras, however, girls" violence is _ rediscovered _ and _hyped_ (pg. A key question driving theories of female offending was whether female crime can be explained using ___the same theories____ that explain. The masculinization hypothesis suggests that female offenders, especially violent girls, abandon their femininity and take on the masculine traits of their male counterparts. It assumes that the same forces that propel men into violence will increasingly produce violence in girls and women once they are freed from the constraints of their gender. What do irwin and chesney-lind mean when they reference the darker side" of women"s emancipation (pg.
