Thesis

Criminal theories designed to emphasize female offenders are woefully inadequate at describing large scale criminal trends and fail to represent the vast majority of criminals.

Outline

The Applicability of Traditional Criminal Theory to Female Offenders and an Analysis of Revised Criminal Theories for Reverse Gender-Bias.

1. Introduction

a. Assert that Female-based criminal theories are only applicable on an individual level and are ineffective if not useless for measuring broad patterns of criminality

b. Assert that many of these female-based theories are also applicable to male offending

c. Assert that “malestream” theories are just factual theories about overall criminality

2. A Factual Analysis of Male & Female Offending

a. Statistics over time

b. Trends

3. Introduction to Classical Criminal Theories

a. Mention Strain , Differential Association, Labeling, and Social Control Theories

b. Mention perceived failures and the “malestream” moniker

4. Strain Theory and its Applicability to Female Offending

5. Differential Association Theory and its Applicability to Female Offending

6. Labeling Theory and its Applicability to Female Offending

7. Social Control Theory and its Applicability to Female Offending

8. Where These Theories Fail to Recognize Gender Differences (Macro vs Micro)

9. Introduction to Revised Criminal Theories

a. Mention Cycle of Violence, General Strain, Life Course, and Pathways Theories

10. The Applicability of Revised Criminal Theories to Male Offending

11. The Lack of Applicability of These Theories on a Large Scale

12. Conclusion

a. Restate my three initial assertions and reference the supporting evidence I provided throughout my paper