CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Marxist Feminism, Reasonable Person, Standpoint (Magazine)
21 Mar 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Sociopolitical context giving rise to the development of feminist perspectives. Appreciate how feminist perspectives emerged out of a particular sociopolitical context. Outline the core tenets shared by feminist perspectives. Appreciate the difference between sex and gender. Analyze how feminist perspectives have impacted criminal justice. Critically evaluate the strengths, limitations, assumptions, and implications. Feminist perspectives emerged during the 1960s and 1970s. Closely associated with women"s liberation movement, as influenced by second wave. First wave feminism: late 19th / early 20th century movement to increase the political power of women through the right to vote. Expression of women as an oppressed group who have been denied rights and subjected to violence. Feminist criminologists began to draw attention to women as offenders, victims, defendants, and prisoners in the cjs. Choice of and access to birth control. Freedom from threat and use of violence. End to laws, institutions, and policies that perpetuate subordination of women.
