CRIM 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Radical Feminism, Liberal Feminism, Structural Inequality
15 Nov 2016
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Criminology traditionally focused only on men: empirical studies used male-only samples, theories constructed to explain why men and boys broke the law. Why: disproportionate male involvement in crime, but also in criminology, view of female crime as unnatural. Starting in the 1970"s, the male-only focus was challenged: gender was pushed to the front of theoretical analysis, fueled by women"s rights movement- 2 effects. Focused attention on the social situation of women relative to men- gender based differences in socialization and inequalities in power. How can female crime be explained: new theories or revise traditional ones. What explains differences in crime between men and women: gender is a strong correlate of crime, with males committing more crime than women, gender gap has decreased for certain crimes in recent decades. Earlier, liberal feminism : rita simon, freda adler, focuses on the salience of sex-role socialization and equality of opportunities.
