Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
- Compare and contrast the first, second, and third waves of feminism.
- Identify the key features of the various feminist perspectives.
- Describe how traditional theories of crime perceived female offenders.
- Identify some of the problems associated with traditional research methods.
- Identify the main tenets of the liberation thesis.
- Discuss how power-control theory attempts to explain gender differences in delinquency rates.
- Describe feminist pathways research.
- Evaluate the key critiques of feminist theories.
- Describe some of the key policies based on feminist theories of crime.