SOC219H5 Lecture 2: Madriz Reading Guide with Answers
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Criminals and victims: a study on women"s fear and. Gender & society 11(3): 342 356: this article focuses on the prevailing ideology of crime to explain. 342). the view that female fear is exacerbated by images and representations of crime (madriz: define ideal criminal. The ideal criminal is one who is given the status of criminal based on traditional ideology of crime. This ideology claims that criminals are uneducated, poor, of a minority group, psychotic, and immigrants: define ideal victim. The ideal victim is one who is given legitimate status as a victim when affected by a crime. Also, this legitimate status makes both the crime and the criminal/perpetrator more ideal/legitimate: name one characteristic that makes a woman a nonideal victim. Women are considered nonideal victims when they are breaking a code of behaviour at the time of the crime.
