This video is featuring a discussion on the rise of female criminality with Dr. Freda Adler. In this video, Dr. Adler addresses key tenets of her theory by exploring the increasing rates and changing nature of crimes committed by women, moving beyond traditional “feminine crimes” to offenses previously considered “masculine.” […]
Daily Archives: July 28, 2025
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Maidment, M.R. (2006). Transgressing criminology boundaries: Feminist perspectives in criminology. In W. S. DeKeseredy & B. Perry (Eds.), Advancing critical criminology: Theory and application. Lexington Books. BMCC students and faculty have free access to this ebook with their CUNYfirst login credentials at http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/detail.action?docID=1331606
Burgess-Proctor, A. (2006). Intersections of race, class, gender, and crime: Future directions for feminist criminology. Feminist Criminology, 1(1), 27-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085105282899
Wickert, C. (2025, July 6). Feminist criminology. In SozTheo: Theories of crime – Critical, Marxist & conflict theories. SozTheo. Retrieved July 17, 2025, from https://soztheo.com/theories-of-crime/critical-marxist-theories/feminist-criminology/
Use this video to help students understand how criminal behavior is learned through social interaction, emphasizing the role of peer influence and the development of pro-criminal attitudes as explained in differential association theory. Students can be asked: How might someone’s environment or social circle influence them to engage in criminal […]
We can use the Future Hindsight podcast episode featuring Jennifer Taub to emphasize how social learning theory offers critical insights into white-collar crime. Taub, author of Big Dirty Money explains how corporate environments and elite institutions can create cultures where unethical behavior is normalized, rewarded, and imitated. Encourage students to […]
By showing this interview with “Crime + Punishment” director Stephen Maing and Lt. Edwin Raymond on Democracy Now, we can spark discussion on how social learning theory operates within institutions like the NYPD. We can encourage students to identify how officers learn behaviors through peer association, reinforcement from superiors, and […]
Wickert, C. (2025, June 26). Learning and career. In Theories of Crime. SozTheo. Retrieved July 17, 2025, from https://soztheo.com/theories-of-crime/learning-and-career/
Chapter 12: Social learning theory. (2015). In Piquero, A.R. The Handbook of Criminological Theory. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. BMCC students and faculty have free access to this ebook with their CUNYfirst login credentials at ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/reader.action?docID=4035968&ppg=254&c=UERG
