FEMINIST THEORIES OF CRIME
- Created by: mizpehsardar
- Created on: 19-11-19 10:13
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- Feminism
- sociology of crime is malestream
- ignores female deviance
- female victimisation ignored due to invisibility of women
- Heidensohn
- academics and researchers in sociology mainly male
- malestream middle class sociologist gained status from having romanticised interest with macho wc males
- less to study low levels of female crime women tend to commit more invisible crime
- Smart
- women are seen as double deviants
- not only do they break the law
- break traditional gender roles
- women are seen as double deviants
- Messerschmidt
- crime and deviance ie domestic violence
- way to accomplish masculinity for men that have failed to achieve in other areas of life
- crime and deviance ie domestic violence
- contributions to crime and deviance
- focus on female offending and experiences of women
- development of new theories to explain female violence
- new focus on types of female victimisation
- challenging idea women are treated more leniently, chivalry
- raised questions about different levels of control for men and women
- Newburn
- women are invisible in criminology
- reflects male dominance in society and also crime theories
- sociology of crime is malestream
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