Simon Willow’s Study on Masculinity and Crime, and Entrepreneurial Concerns in Sunderland In 1989, British sociologist Simon Willow conducted a study on the nature of masculinity and crime, and entrepreneurial concerns in the city of Sunderland. Using covert participant observation over a period of 18 months, Willow documented the daily lives of young men living […]
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The Chivalry Thesis: Examining Gender Differences in Crime In 1950, sociologist Edmund Pollak coined the concept of the chivalry thesis —state that as most criminal justice agents like magistrates and judges and police officers are mainly men, they are also socialised to act in a chivalrous way towards women. While there is some evidence to support this thesis, […]
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