The Liberation Thesis

Question 1

What did Adler argue women become liberated from?

Answer 1

Patriarchy

Question 2

What did Adler say women’s offending will become similar to?

Answer 2

Men’s

Question 3

What is women’s liberation leading to?

Answer 3

A new type of female criminal and a rise in the female crime rate

Question 4

What does Adler argue has lessened?

Answer 4

Patriarchal controls (e.g. abortion legalised, 1967) and Discrimination

Question 5

What have opportunities now become?

Answer 5

More equal

Question 6

What have women now begun to adopt?

Answer 6

Traditional male roles in both legitimate (work) and illegitimate spheres (crime)

Question 7

What do women no longer just commit?

Answer 7

Traditional female crimes e.g. shoplifting, prostitution

Question 8

What are more women in now?

Answer 8

Senior positions in criminal networks

Question 9

AO3

Answer 9

Female crime rate began rising in 1950s long before women’s liberation movement (1960s) - Postmodernists - Is it relevant?