Gender patterns in crime:
- ⅘ convicted offenders in England and Wales are male.
Some sociologists and criminologists argue that official statistics underestimate the number of females offending in comparison to males.
Chivalry thesis:
Pollak (1970) argues that criminal justice agents - such as police officers, magistrates and judges - are men, and men are socialised to act in a 'chivalrous' way towards women.
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