gender and crime

Official statistics of crime

• 87% of all recorded crime is committed by men
• 1/3 of men of 40 have some kind of conviction
• 1/10 women by 40 will have some kind of conviction

^^Functionalism; sex role theory, differential socialisation^^

Parsons, children socialised into sex roles. Boys and girls spend more time with mothers as fathers are working (because they have the instrumental role)