CRCJ 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Structural Inequality, Racialization, Adversarial System

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Erin Mc Cuaig

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Correlates: a relationship, variables where there is a link. Established pattern: criminal activity intensifies in adolescence and young adulthood and declines thereafter, the exceptions are white collared crimes: most crimes committed by canadian youth are nonviolent (most common is theft under. : homicide represents less than 1% of violent crimes committed by canadian youth. Maturational reform is intertwined with life course theory: co(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith the (cid:862)role of aged tra(cid:374)sitio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)trols(cid:863) (cid:894) al(cid:448)atore a(cid:374)d. They found that male offending increases after the breakup of non-marital romantic relationship. Why do women receive more lenient treatment in courts: males commit more serious crimes, especially more violent crimes, females responsibility for young children. Women and violent crime: of (cid:374)earl(cid:455) (cid:1009)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) perso(cid:374)s held i(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1007) u(cid:374)der the (cid:862)da(cid:374)gerous offe(cid:374)der(cid:863) la(cid:449), o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:1005) (cid:449)as female. Heirmer and de coster have mad an important contribution to our understanding of the gender gap in violent crime by examining structural positions and cultural processes including social learning.