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Outline and evaluate what you take to be the achievements of feminist criminology.
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Outline and evaluate what you take to be the achievements of feminist criminology Tom Fairfield Criminology covers a whole multitude of approaches to the study of crime and deviance. Over the last 30 years feminist perspectives have challenged theories, concepts, and assumptions of much of the classical criminological work. They state that gender issues have been hidden in criminology. Feminists argue that men are the dominant group within society and have therefore constructed and enforced laws that disadvantage women. This essay will assess these criticisms, outline the different branches of feminist work and evaluate the achievements made by the feminist perspective. The importance of feminist criminology is the new perspective that it brings to the field of study. It is not the maleness of crime that is the subject of their attention, but the issue of women and crime. Feminist criminology has attempted to 'create a space for women's voices' (Gelsthorpe 2002). There...
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