SOC 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Feminist School Of Criminology, Intersectionality, Takers

• School: UC Riverside
• Department: Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies
• Course: SOC 002
• Professor: Sharon Oselin

Document Summary

Feminist criminology is an approach that examine linkages between inequality and crime using an intersectional theoretical framework. Attends issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, religion, physical ability, and other locations of inequality as they relate to crime and deviance broadly. Feminist criminologists attempt to employ an inclusive feminism to their study of crime and deviance. It was during the 2nd wave that feminism made its appearance in criminology (1960s) The development of feminist criminology as a perspective started in the early 1970s. Feminist criminology developed because women were excluded from analysis generally. Existing criminological theories ignored a number of topics related to women offenders (ex. Most traditional theories largely explained the criminal behavior of men. Few theories that explain criminal behavior of women were simplistic and relied on stereotypical images. Feminist scholars were not satisfied with the failure of mainstream criminology to recognize issues of gender inequality.