LS227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Differential Association, Feminist School Of Criminology, Role Theory

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LS227
• Professor: Vanessa Iafolla

Document Summary

Mens criminality represented criminality for all people. Victimization that women received historically was viewed as private (rape and spousal abuse) Not a real crime problem (not public) Focus on sexist theories to explain women crime and a critique of the invisibility of women in the criminological field. Women are characterized as naturally inferior (biology) Account for women offending due to women"s biology. Lambroso and ferro (italian): women are less intelligent, less sensitive to pain, more passive and more conservative than men (activism theory). women are an evolutionary throwback and not as evolved. Women don"t commit crimes as well as men, female criminals aren"t considered whole people (lacked maternal instincts, cruel, more animal than human) Thomas: women committed crime because they have more instincts of love in their system, but the love makes you commit crimes (prostitution, bonnie and clyde arrangements)