CJ 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Masculinity, Corporate Crime, Paternalism

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 300
• Professor: Kellin Treadway

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Cj 300 - lecture 16: feminist theories (ch. While there is no one feminist theory, all variations focus on patriarchy and the role it plays in society. Criminal justice: identify the major blind spot in traditional male stream criminological theory as the failure to understand the profound significance of gender and sex roles in society. Traditional theories are great, but they don"t apply to females (only male criminal behavior) Chivalry = men treat women more leniently in the cj system because women are to be admired and respected. Paternalism = women are treated more leniently because women are the weaker sex, so they won"t be able to handle the punishment. These are the ways men view women in the cj system, which is why women"s sentencing is more lenient than men"s. Research on feminist theories has been mixed at best, with no clear support for the theories as a whole.