1. What are some of the reasons given for the differences in crime rates between males and females?
2. Do you feel that the gap in the rates of crime between females and males will ever narrow to the point where the rates will be very similar? Explain your response.
3. How do stereotypical gender roles in our society affect the types of crimes that are committed in the past and present? Does social learning play a role in gender roles and past stereotypes of gender roles with regard to the nature of criminal activity committed?
4. Do you think judges and the police are more lenient with female offenders than they are with male offenders? Explain your response.