Feminist Criminology

Overview

In this last week of the semester, we will finally focus on feminist theories in criminology. Feminist theories in criminology insist that women’s deviance was worthy of academic inquiry and contributes to our understanding of women as victims, offenders, and practitioners of the criminal justice system. The theories underscore gender differences in crime and present distinct perspectives on feminist criminology including liberal and critical/radical.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this week, you will be able to:

• Describe how traditional theories of crime perceived female offenders and problems associated with traditional research methods.
• Identify the main tenets of the liberation thesis.
• Discuss how power-control theory attempts to explain gender differences in delinquency rates.
• Describe key features of feminist perspectives on understanding criminal behavior.
• Describe some of the key policies based on feminist theories of crime

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Reading

*Transgressing Criminology Boundaries: Feminist Perspectives in Criminology by MaDonna R. Maidment. Advancing Critical Criminology: Theory and Application, edited by Walter S. DeKeseredy, and Barbara Perry, Lexington Books, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/detail.action?docID=1331606.

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