Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Feminist School Of Criminology, Marxist Feminism, Socialist Feminism

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2266A/B
• Professor: Jennifer Reynolds

Document Summary

For men that spend time in prison, a very small portion of them have experienced some sort of harassment as a child. For women, its 80-90: the goal of feminist criminology is answer the question of whether theories of crime apply equally to men and women. Initial feminists critiqued criminology theories in two ways: Sexism: attributing to women socially undesirable characteristics that are assumed to be intrinsic characteristics of that sex. Liberal feminism: conservative approach, marxist / socialist feminism, radical feminism, each of these are different but they also have things in common, "shared concerns": Shared concerns: gender inequalities in society obviously we continue to live in a male-dominated culture in so(cid:272)iet(cid:455), so (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)egle(cid:272)t that this pla(cid:455)s a (cid:396)ole, presidents, prime ministers, members of parliament, etc. Childhood trauma, pregnancy in prison, etc: gender-ratio problem: poses the question of why there are sex differences in rates of arrest and types of criminal activity between men and women.