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Overall, what aspect of criminology has been 'exposed' by feminist writers?
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Michelle Deluce Tutor: Joanne Green CRIMINOLOGY Page 1 THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FEMINIST RESEARCH Q1. Overall, what aspect of criminology has been 'exposed' by feminist writers? Feminist writers have managed to achieve many things and to also demonstrate that criminology is dominated by men in all areas. Practically all of the theories within criminology have relatively ignored women, only to see them predominately in the role of caregiver and mother rather than a prospective criminal. Women tended to be excluded altogether by theorist such as Merton and Durkheim for instance. Heidensohn (1985) showed four reasons for this: vicarious identification, male dominance of sociology, lower recorded levels of female crime and the nature of sociological theories of deviance. In the teaching of criminology males have dominated even though a vast majority of students were in fact female. Feminist research has shown Cohen's theories are based on working-class boys, but does not explain what leads females into crime Q2.What...
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