POL 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: White-Collar Crime, Liberal Feminism, Radical Feminism
9 Oct 2018
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Crim 104: week 11: critical theories of deviance. Outline primary principles of feminist, critical, race and peacemaking perspectives. Understand how the theories apply to explanations for and to crime. Males and females offend for same reasons. Question traditional male-centred approach to explaining crime and deviance. Claimed theories did not and should not be work for both genders. Crime rates are lower for females because female offending is excused. Account for patriarchal society in which women live. Socialization of women into gender roles leads to discrimination. Women have limited access to criminal activities. Women spend time taking care of others and have more social bonds that might limit them from being deviant. As women moved into less traditional roles in workforce they become more powerful and assertive and commit more deviance than males. Equal rights and career opportunities leads to equal offering opportunities. Patriarchy gives men the power to control women.
