Female criminals and stereotypical expectations

Jaiswal, Khushi (2022) Female criminals and stereotypical expectations. Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research, 3 (2). pp. 2254-2259. ISSN 2582-8878

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Abstract

Men and Women face inequality in many spheres. One of the major areas of discrimination is crimes and punishments. Female criminals are treated differently from men offenders even if they have committed the same crime. To support this, society keeps on finding different reasons. In midst of the discrimination, women have been sympathized, insulted, pointed out and dominated by society for centuries to find the acceptable excuse to compromise gender equality. The male perspective has made the female gender look weaker than men. Women are said to be biologically defected if they commit a crime or are said to be not adhering to the responsibilities they are expected to perform. The Judicial system blindly believes the stereotypes which result in judgments corrupted by societal norms. If these reasons are somehow rejected, women are said to be a weaker gender who are incapable of committing a crime. These notions lead to the failure of gender equality and instead bring forward an era of female offenders who are tagged as victims of the crime they had committed.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Female criminals | Female offenders
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies
Divisions: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Mr. Syed Anas
Date Deposited: 06 Mar 2022 14:00
Last Modified: 07 Apr 2026 04:01
Official URL: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2022-94348979/JLLR/V...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/1503

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