Radical Feminist Criminology
Definition
A strand holding that patriarchy, meaning systemic male control over women, is the root cause of women's victimisation and of the leniency or harshness shown to women depending on how far they conform to gender norms.
Related terms
- Doing Gender
- The idea, drawn from sociologists Candace West and Don Zimmerman, that gender is not a fixed trait but an ongoing accomplishment produced...
- Gender-Ratio Problem
- The question of why women are consistently arrested, convicted and imprisoned far less often than men across almost every society and offence...
- Generalizability Problem
- The question of whether theories of crime built from studies of male offenders can be applied to women, or whether they need...
- Hegemonic Masculinity
- A concept from gender sociology describing the dominant cultural script of manhood in a given society, typically emphasising toughness, control, and willingness...
- Structured Action Theory
- James Messerschmidt's framework holding that people accomplish gender, race and class simultaneously through situated social action, of which crime can be one...
- Liberal Feminist Criminology
- A strand tracing gendered patterns of crime and justice mainly to unequal access to education, employment and legal rights.
- Socialist Feminist Criminology
- A strand combining patriarchy with class and capitalism to explain women's crime and the state's differential response to it.
Explained in these topics
- Feminist Criminology and Masculinities Theory (UGC-NET Unit IV)A strand holding that patriarchy, systemic male control over women, is the root cause of women's victimisation and of how leniently or harshly women are judged.
- Feminist Criminology and Masculinities Theory