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CHAPTER APPLICATION PAPER: CHAPTER 13
Chapter Application Paper: Chapter 13
Macey Hale
CJUS 700: Theories of Crime
Liberty University
Dr. Jared Linebach
February 21, 2024
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CHAPTER APPLICATION PAPER: CHAPTER 13
Introduction
In recent decades, researchers, criminologists, and other individuals within the field of
criminal justice have focused their efforts on understanding the reasoning behind criminal
behavior and why it occurs so often within our society. This is especially true within our Western
culture due to the major increases of women’s involvement in criminal behavior since the late
1960s (Simpson, 2016). During this time, most criminologists were curious about female
offenders on a count that violence and criminal behavior seemed out of “role” for a woman’s
biology. That said, gender in criminology is still a major focus, and gender plays the largest role
in assisting criminologists and researchers to understand delinquent and criminal behavior
(Snipes et al., 2019). By focusing on these biological, psychological, influential, and social
factors, criminologists can better understand the differences between men and women. This
research is conducted with the hope that we can reduce criminal behavior and handle it more
accordingly.
Chapter Information: Key Points and Patterns
Upon reading and analyzing chapter 13 of the given textbook, “Vold’s Theoretical
Criminology”, the reader further understands that gender research in criminal justice has led
society to develop a separate study known as feminist criminology. This chapter focuses on a
