Prior to the sixties, Feminism wasn’t a perspective taken seriously within the study of Criminology, however after the 2nd World War feminism and women’s rights (such as the 1920’s Women’s Suffrage movement) became more acknowledged within society and as a result Feminist Criminology emerged. Furthermore it has been suggested that Feminist Criminology simply developed due to feminists being resentful of the fact that females were not included within criminological research, regardless of the fact
This idea seems to be one of the biggest critiques of feminist theories on domestic violence. The Dobashes saw male domination as the main cause of wife abuse. Integrating a feminist framework, Dobash et al used this idea of male dominance and derived a theory on victim blaming. Two main concepts they named was again female machoism and female provocation. This area of research was important to criminology because Dobash et el stated that these two concepts could be women resisting
Gender has become an established and central topic in criminology and studies of criminal justice. The criminologist Lauritsen stated that “Men commit crime at higher rates than women” furthermore they are “involved in more serious and violent offending, and are more prone to recidivism” (Lauritsen et at 2009). He believed that this is one of the few undisputed ‘facts’ of criminology. Criminologists look at a range of issues in relation to gendered crime, this includes analysing actual patterns of
the case. Child Maltreatment is discussed with government involvement and victim statistics. Two criminal theories of cause are discussed to seek possible causes of offenders to choose to commit the crime of child maltreatment. Finally, theoretical explanations of crime is discussed, with examples of how the theories could explain certain crimes, and the strength and weaknesses of each theory. Overview of Child Maltreatment. “All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S.
Review of Pinker, S. (2003). The Blank Slate: A Modern Denial of Human Nature, Penguin, London. (Word Count: 1,500) There is no debate as ancient, well known or as controversial in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and science, as that of nature versus nurture. It can be assumed through pure common sense that anyone in this day and age would have already come to the conclusion that human development requires, and is influenced by, the ineraction of both. However, Steven Pinker welcomes the opportunity