Feminist crimonology Flashcards
What did Pollak say about female criminality
- Women’s crimes were equal in severity and scope to those of men
- women’s crime is hidden thus undetected - Women are inherently deceptive and vengeful
- Women instigate crime or get men to do it
- Women’s deceit rooted in biological ability to fake orgasm
- caused by anger, vengefulness, irritability, and depression
what is the women liberation thesis
Female criminality closely resembles men’s as gender differences are diminished by more women being in the workforce
what did Simon say about the cause of female criminality (womens liberation thesis)
Increased employment opportunities for women will increase crime opportunities
What did Adler say about the cause of female criminality (womens liberation thesis)
Linked influence of women’s movement to increasing female criminality
What does the victimization-criminalization continuum refer to
women’s experiences of victimization, constrain or narrow their social supports and available options and leave them susceptible to criminalization
Why did feminist criminology view the field as complicit in reinforcing the cultural construction of rape myths
there were constant stereotypical images of victims and offender
- there was also a lack of societal concern about male violence against women
what issues did feminists raise about existing theories of crime
gender bias
- most studies were done on men and inferred things about women
- also failed to address the unique experiences of women
intersectionality
- more studies on how indigenous women are more criminalized
what was the influence of the 1993 zero tolerance of the Winnipeg police service regarding domestic violence
husbands could not be charged for raping wives
why have mainstream theories been criticized
because they failed to account for women’s crime
- example: men in lower class engage in crime due to access to legitimate means to success. while it doesn’t explain why women under similar strain are less involved in crime than men
