SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Victimisation, Victimology
Document Summary
Early positivist theory: female deviance can only be explained by biology due to its relative rarity. The chivalry hypothesis: rates of female crime are lower than male crime because law enforcement treat females more. The awakening: criminologists draw attention to the absence of women in general theories of crime. The gender ratio problem: the fact that females commit less crime than males. The generalizability problem: questions whether theories generated to describe men"s (or boys") offending can apply to women or girls. Female liberation thesis: rising rates of female crime are linked to the liberation of women. Power-control theory: gender distribution of delinquency is caused by stratification from gender relations within the family. Feminist criminology: rape and intimate violence are the result of patriarchal systems in which women"s bodies and minds are subject to male domination. Victimology: the study of the victims of crime and victimisation as a social process.
