Feminist Feminist Criminology

Feminist criminology came about because criminology focused on male criminals and the crimes that they were committing as well as a perceived forgetting about women in traditional crime studies. Criminology is the study of crime and criminal justice while covering a variety of topics and for those of the feminist school of thought say that the principal theories of criminality have been developed, validated and focused on male subjects. This kind of sexism influences punishment, sentencing and imprisonment of women who are criminals yet described as “mad” instead. The problem is that females are being handled differently in the criminal justice system over the years. In a diverse set of things, feminism has grown and the topics are each …show more content…
Liberals believe that men hold the power in society, dominating the influence of laws with women regarded them as objects who could be sexually exploited. Men are known as being more aggressive than women because of their size and demeanor. Women depend on men make them easy to dominate and control them in an environment where they fell that they are needed. Radicals argue that in a response to the way women are dealt with women turn to substance abuse and criminal activity.
The subordination of women is a class oppression maintained because it serves the interest of the ruling class and divides men against women. Influenced by Karl Marx, Marxist feminism focuses on investigating and explaining the ways in which women are oppressed through systems of capitalism and private property. (Wikipedia, 2015) Socialist feminism narrows down on merging of both society and private sectors of the woman’s’ lives and to end the pattern of abuse. They focus on creating equal roles for women, so they can take their rightful place in …show more content…
Although I do agree that these theories have contributed to criminal behavior in women, but I am not 100% convinced that they are the real reason. I agree that women have been socially harsh over the years each person, both male and female, are capable of crime and bad behaviors. There are plenty of great women that have not went down the route of crime and violence. I do believe that over the year’s equality in criminal punishment has improved greatly because of those various theories and the change in society. Females in law enforcement and other top officials has equaled out and these women are making the decisions in punishment on both women and men. In the Liberal “equal treatment” tradition, Moyer and White (1981) tested police bias and neither gender nor race had an effect on police behavior regarding crimes committed. The victim’s rights movement grew out of the dissatisfaction of victims with the passive role, neglect, and minimization of the harm that they suffered. The costs and effects of victimization can vary depending on the crime and the victim. It can be financial, physical and psychological depending on the crime that the person