CRIM 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Feminist School Of Criminology, Susan Faludi, George W. Bush
Document Summary
Patriarchy, crime, and justice: feminist criminology in an era of backlash in. Feminist criminology is a product of the second wave of the women"s movement; has been around for more than three decades. Major event was the founding of the women and crime. Division of the american society of criminology in 1982. Feminist criminology in the 20th century: looking backward, looking forward. Feminist criminology of the 20th century challenged the overall masculinist nature of theories of crime, deviance, and social control by highlighting the repeated omission and misrepresentation of women in criminological theory and research. Prior to feminist works, gender crimes (sexual assault, wife abuse, etc. ) were trivialized. Gender discrimination went unchallenged (exclusion of female jurors, sentencing by gender ) Valuable feminist work exists on the problem of women"s victimization. The naming of the types and dimensions of female victimization had a significant effect on public policy, and was arguably the most tangible accomplishment for feminist and grassroots theorists.
