TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - A consideration of sex roles and motivations for crime
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - McCord, Joan
A1  - Otten, Laura
SP  - 3
EP  - 12
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - Circumstantial evidence seems to indict the women's movement for contributing to an increase in crime. This article reports a study designed to assess that putative relationship. Responses to questionnaires measured aggressiveness, criminal behavior, and attitudes toward sex roles. Males showed greater aggression and more criminality, while females concurred with more of the profeminist judgments. Aggressiveness was significantly correlated with criminality among both males and females. Most importantly, the data lend no support to a view that profeminist attitudes contribute to criminality. For each sex, attitudes toward women's rights and criminality were unrelated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854883010001001
ID  - ref1
ER  -