NCJ Number
20683
Journal
Revue de l'institut de sociologie Issue: 3-4 Dated: (1975) Pages: 369-385
Date Published
1975
Length
17 pages
Annotation
THIS FRENCH STUDY COMPARED MALE AND FEMALE PERCEPTIONS OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL IMAGE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract
STUDY DATA WERE GATHERED BY MEANS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 1800 PERSONS. A FACTOR ANALYSIS OF SURVEY RESPONSES INDICATED THAT WOMEN WERE MORE ATTACHED TO THE SOCIAL ORDER THAN WERE MEN, AS WELL AS A GENERAL TENDENCY BY BOTH MEN AND WOMEN TO SHOW MORE TOLERANCE OF 'MARGINAL' CRIME AS OPPOSED TO 'INTEGRATED' CRIME. CLOSER ANALYSIS OF THE DATA REVEALED THAT HOUSEWIVES WERE GENERALLY MORE CONSERVATIVE, TRADITIONALIST, AND CONFIDENT IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THAN WOMEN WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME. IN ADDITION, ATTITUDINAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN TENDED TO DECREASE AS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL INCREASED. AT THE HIGHER LEVELS, THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP WAS TRUE, WITH WOMEN BECOMING MORE NEGATIVE ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, MORE CRITICAL OF THE SOCIAL ORDER, AND LESS RESISTANT TO CHANGE THAN MEN. TABULAR DATA AND REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. --IN FRENCH