Which of the following is NOT one of the three areas of inquiry cited by Australian criminologist Kathleen Daly as promising avenues for exploring the complexities of the gender ratio of offending?
A) gendered play
B) gendered pathways
C) gendered lives
D) gendered crime
(Question #2) Which of the following is NOT consistent with the findings of the landmark study of girls in the classroom undertaken by the American Association of University Women?
A) High school girls are obsessed with physical appearance.
B) High school girls are obsessed with popularity based on external characteristics.
C) High school girls are obsessed with achievement.
D) High school girls have intense motherdaughter patterns of communication.
(Question #3) Why are adolescent females and women victims of multiple marginality?
A) because they are prone to commit multiple offenses
B) because gender, class, and race have placed women at the economic periphery of society
C) because females are less likely than males to be involved in most crimes
D) because the gender gap is more persistent for some offenses than for others
(Question #4) Meda Chesney-Lind claims that the study of delinquency is ________.
A) biased toward minorities
B) preoccupied with violent crimes
C) gender biased
D) preoccupied with the delinquency of females
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