Feminist Criminology

Question 1

Theories

Answer 1

1. social control (nurture debate, over control = control theory)
2. biological determinism
3. emancipation
4. subculture (female goals more attainable= less strain=less crime)

Question 2

Double deviancy

Answer 2

Breaking the law and breaking gender role= doubly deviant

Question 3

doubly free

Answer 3

free of social expectations and rules

Question 4

Lombroso

Answer 4

1. women inferior
2. unable to commit crimes
3. women who offend= defect

Question 5

Freud

Answer 5

1. women inferior to men

2. women who offend= excentric because of lack of penis (jealousy)

Question 6

Pollak

Answer 6

Women at risk to commit certain crimes depending on their phases (menstruation, pregnancy, menopause)

Question 7

contemporary ideas

Answer 7

1. chromosomal abnormalities

2. psychological abnormalities