A focus on females

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Created space for women’s voices to be

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heard

Question 2

Substantial contributions to understanding female…

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Victimisation

Experiences of the CJS

Offending

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A focus on violence as gendered and overwhelmingly perpetrated by

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males

Question 4

Impact on criminology is the increased literature and understanding of:

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Female offending, victimisation, experiences of CJS

Masculinities

Power dynamics given centre stage

Increased focus on social context

Question 5

BUT… most theories remain…

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gender blind and assume a ‘male norm’ against which women are measured

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BUT… whilst gender is increasingly recognised as important, theoretically it is…

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problematic and doesn’t always explain much

Question 7

BUT…is gender always the most important factor, such as calls for a…

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black feminist criminology