Tyler LeBlanc Essays (914 words) - Criminology, Feminist Theory

Tyler LeBlanc Essays (914 words) - Criminology, Feminist Theory Tyler LeBlanc 4/29/2017 CRJ/362 Females Women are believed to be gentle harmless beings that play a small role in society as housekeepers,Child supporters, and servants of men. This view is due to gender roles that are implemented throughout patriarchal households nationwide. Patriarchy is the social system that Men in family's hold complete authority over women and children. Some females in these households at a young age feel the gender constraint and adhere to committing crimes in act of rebellion. Others motives for female criminal participation would be poverty,educational problems, physical/sexual abuse, and poor family ties. In this paper I will address and analyze the motives for Rosie Olpara (Jokey) and Mara Lupe-Sarah, participation in gang activities , and how their activities play into the Strain theory and Cultural Deviance theory. First, I will address Rosie Olpara (Jokey) she is twenty one years of age and a member of the Drifters, a Mexican gang originated out of the East L.A neighborhoods. I believe jokey's gang/criminal involvement derives from the cultural deviance theory. Jokey is a victim of a extremely violent neighborhood, she seen first hand the thrills of drugs,fighting, and the gained clout of being a drifter before even joining the group as she befriended several member's through relations of same everyday struggles. Rosie was offered a academic scholarship to attend college and make a honest living for herself , however she turned down the opportunity as she claimed she would never be satisfied living that life. I belief jokey also joined the Drifters as the gang of misfits gave Rosie a sense of belonging. Discussion of the Olphar household was fairly faint, but Rosie's parents seem to be fairly distant with little family unity. Jokey describes the gang as her "Family" and she would do an ything for them, however grew disgust when pondering upon the question if she loved her father. Her father almost disowns the young women do to her criminal behavior learned from her rough neighborhood. I would also classify jokey's deviant actions under the social strain theory.Rosie works the corners selling drugs to obtain money,as she has no education working fast food would be the only other occupation she could obtain Jokey despite her belief that she is equal to her male gang member counterparts, adheres to some gender role expectations. Jokey is carrying the child of another gang member, despite her awareness of the likelihood he would disappear as he had a history to do so in the past. He even states that we probably won't be involved in the child's life She understands that she was used as a sex object. Rosie and other female gang members also adhere to the needs of their men counterparts as they construct and design there apperal. The next female gang member I'm going to address is Marah Lupe-Sarah she is twenty years of age. The Lupe-Sarah family was a patriarchal family, as her mother was a housewife and her father was the breed winner. However, life took a drastic turn for the Lupe-Sarah family as Marah's father the only source of income for the family was killed. Marah's mother stepped up to the plate and obtained two jobs to pay household bills. Marah was subjected to a lonely life as her mom was always working, so she joined a south LA Mexican gang by the name of Tapa 13. She like other gang members motive for joining the group was to obtain a feeling of belonging, and family. Marah breaks gender barriers as she is not only a member of this violent gang but one of their leader's. Her position as a female gang leader is impressive as she shoots guns and sells drugs just as her male counterpart.Most females of gang affiliation are typically used as sex objects, being tossed around from member to member . Another broken barrier in my mind is her smarts, as she is still on the street and works at a law firm. Some might think she is a idiot by doing so, however she's getting easy fast money from the streets and reaping the benefits of the high pay of working a white collar job. She also has a strong allaby if