SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blackboard, Relational Aggression, Peer Pressure
SOC219 Lecture 3; Gendered Pathways to Crime
Last Class;
● ‘Malestream’ criminological theories
○ Have issues but not totally irrelevant
○ Designed by men and mostly about men with issues but are not entirely
irrelevant
● Feminist criminology and gender specific theories of crime
○ Strengths and limitations
○ We need to go beyond just adding women to these theories and we need to
have more gender specific theories in order to properly account for women
offending
● Doing Gender
○ Is it Bad girl femininity
○ Or Gender crossing?
● We can’t just make assumptions of women or men offenders that they’re similar or
completely different
Term Paper Outline;
● 2 pages, double spaced = worth 5%
● Read guidelines for term paper first then start outline
● Select article from list on blackboard - 3 options
○ Article = foundation of paper
● Outline; describe main issues that you’ll address in final and state position and
identify peer reviewed sources (2 taken from reading list for course and find 2
additional academic peer reviewed sources related to paper topic)
● Explain how you will use sources to build argument and position
● Outline due on SUNDAY MAY 20th at 4:59pm
Describe lives of;
● Women Offenders:
○ Victimized
○ Deviance from norms
○ Mental health
○ Suffered abuse
○ Addiction
○ Poverty
● Men offenders:
○ Dominant
○ Violent
○ Serial killers
○ Insecure
○ Improving status
○ Aggressive
Document Summary
Designed by men and mostly about men with issues but are not entirely irrelevant. Feminist criminology and gender specific theories of crime. We need to go beyond just adding women to these theories and we need to have more gender specific theories in order to properly account for women offending. We can"t just make assumptions of women or men offenders that they"re similar or completely different. 2 pages, double spaced = worth 5% Read guidelines for term paper first then start outline. Select article from list on blackboard - 3 options. Outline; describe main issues that you"ll address in final and state position and identify peer reviewed sources (2 taken from reading list for course and find 2 additional academic peer reviewed sources related to paper topic) Explain how you will use sources to build argument and position. Outline due on sunday may 20th at 4:59pm. Girls and boys learn differently how to resolve conflict.
