CRIM 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Abnormal Psychology, Radical Feminism, Hegemonic Masculinity
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Crim 2650 feminist criminology part 1 lecture february 11 th 2016. Post- modern criminologist were interesting in interrogating in the science that made criminology possible. Were pre-occupied with language and its ability to constitute violence. In general post-modern methods aim to capture move and changes and with these methods they have revealed that cause and effect are not linear or related. Assumes that conflict is inevitable in patriarchal society, patriarchy is a system of male dominance that can permeate all aspects of social life. All things considered masculine are highly valued than things considered feminine. Is critical of main stream criminology by inquiring into the conditions that make main stream crim possible they actually think its male stream criminology that reflects a male outlook of the world. Main stream crim is based on crimes involving males from male researchers all male everything.