Gender Socialization and Criminal Inclination Capstone Project

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Males and females are socialized differently in that respect from their earliest years as toddlers, throughout their later childhood years, and especially, during adolescence and young adulthood. As a result, even after factoring out the influence of socioeconomic class, specific exposure to criminality, and other external influences on the behavior of the individual, males are involved in all types of crimes more than women, and the difference is even greater with respect to crimes of violence (Ogle, Maier-Katkin, & Bernard, 1995; Schmalleger, 2009; West & Zimmerman, 1987).

Different Pathways to Violence based on Gender

One of the most prominent differences apparent in data profiling violent criminals by gender is the manner in which males and females become involved in violent crime in particular (Ogle, Maier-Katkin, & Bernard, 1995; West & Zimmerman, 1987).

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Specifically, males typically become involved in violent crime habitually and in conjunction with numerous other closely associated aggressive behaviors. By contrast, female perpetrators of violent crime tend to exhibit common patterns of psychological traumas such as parental physical abuse and sexual abuse (Ogle, Maier-Katkin, & Bernard, 1995). Moreover, whereas violent males victimize both family members and strangers, violent female criminals are much more likely to victimize their spousal partners than strangers. Furthermore, they typically do so, especially in the case of murder, after enduring patterns of physical and emotional abuse by their partners that precedes their violent retaliation......

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