When obtaining data it is quite challenging in accomplishing full reliability and validity in results, especially when it is a matter of criminology. ... Carol Smart, an established figure in the feminist criminology sector explains that crimes committed by women are seen as quite insignificant and non-harmful towards society which reflects the attention and awareness to recording data for research. ... Allowing there to be one universal truth on gender roles, would aid in the advancement of criminology. ...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. Feminists have researched extensively on all types associated with gender, including gay and lesbian, thus acting towards the literature on masculinity slowly increasing within the past 20 years due to the pressure from feminist works. In this essay, I will begin by reviewing theories on masculinity, and evaluating why such ideas create the assumption that violence appears to be associated with masculinity. I ...

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