SOC205H5 Lecture 7: SOC205 Lecture 7
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Soc205 lecture 7 the gendering of criminology: feminist theory: women offend at a much lower rate than men. Women as offenders: across all crime . 4 male offenders to every 1 female offender. In the criminal women, female criminality was described as an inherent tendency of women who had not developed properly into feminine women with moral refinement: criminal women were more masculine than feminine. Female crime can be explained by increased sexual freedom. Essentialist: gender differences in offending must result from basic differences between sexes. The explanations for female criminality remain wedded to biological positivism. Robert agnew & general strain theory: limitations of classic strain theory, women(cid:495)s victimization ignored, agnew(cid:495)s assumptions. An assumption that women feel less economic strain. Gendered differences in sources of strain and adaptations. Women: more affected by relationships than economic strain (ignores poverty among women) Men: more influenced by finance, work and status. The emergence of new questions and frameworks: bringing women in.
