Modernization, Female Social Roles, and Female Crime

A Cross-National Investigation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2276253
AutoresTimothy F Hartnagel (University of Alberta, autor correspondente)
Ano1982
Volume23
Fascículo4
Páginas477-490
Data de publicação1982-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb01024.x
OpenAlexW1993388923
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas34

This paper examines the relationship between modernization and female crime rates and tests a model which incorporates female participation in various social roles as an intervening variable. Modernization is predicted to have positive, direct effects on female property crime, as well as positive, indirect effects through female role participation. Data from approximately forty countries were analyzed using correlational and regression techniques. The results offer little support for the general model. GNP/cap exhibits positive, direct effects on female theft and fraud but only minor indirect effects. The net effects of the several female role-participation variables are generally small. Differences by type of female crime are examined and several possible explanations for the results are explored

Criminology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Minor (academic) · Modernization theory · Political science · Property crime · Statistics · Variables · Violent crime · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology