The Belief That Lower Rates of Criminal Offending by Females

question 96

Multiple Choice

The belief that lower rates of criminal offending by females can be explained by their second-class standing in society is explained by:

• A) the Citadel hypothesis.
• B) conservative feminist theory.
• C) Marxist feminist theory.
• D) liberal feminist theory.

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