Outline and Assess Feminist Views of Crme and Deviance.

Crime is often described as socially constructed, which influences our understanding of who commits a crime. Firstly, labelling theorists argue that crime is a social construction based on the powerful’s reaction to certain behaviour, those who are deviant are people that have been labelled as such. Marxists claim the bourgeoise construct crime in order to criminalise the proletariat, get away with their own deviance and maintain their own dominance. Neo-marxists look at how moral panics create a social construction of crime and can criminalise certain groups. Finally, feminists, argue crime is constructed in a patriarchal way and that the criminal justice system is harsher to female offenders. Whereas others criticise these theories for

Throughout the world crime is happening every single day. Yes, some people may feel as if the deterrence theory does not work. Due to the fact that crime still happens in the world. This essay will look at the support for the theory. As well as the key problems for the theory. Next, it will explain some of the newest directions in deterrence/rational choice theory. Finally, it will either agree/disagree with someone’s thought on deterrence and how it does not work and is a waste of time to study.

The essay I aim to write will be tackling the causes of crime/deviance and the varied explanations that are put forward to explain this. I will be looking at this issue from both a functionalist and feminist approach; to do so I have gathered an understanding of both theories and the studies that provide strong evidence to reinforce and legitimise such perspectives.

Statistically women commit quite a bit less crime in almost every category especially violent crimes. Many people wonder why this is the case because we are all people and it shouldn 't matter that much. Though every year this doesn’t seem to change. So I will be discussing some of the reasons why this is the case in this paper and uncovering some causes.

In conclusion, “Mouse on a String at the Prison for Women” by George Caron is a fascinating account of life behind bars for female offenders at P4W. Discussing female criminality, one cannot stop mentioning their lives after being sentenced. Thus, it is important to look at incarcerated female offenders as a unique subset of the offending population and should be treated as such. This is why Caron’s memoir is important as it allows the reader to get a glimpse into how gender intersects with our understanding of crime and the criminal justice

Feminists such as (Naffine 1997: 18) believe that criminology has been ‘dominated by academic men studying criminal men'. A major concern for feminist writers on this subject is that for many the world is seen as a masculine one, despite facts clearly proving that it is made up of feminine and masculine

Pollak (1950) elaborates further, offering a stereotypical, narrow vision of female criminality, suggesting that women who commit crime are pathologically deviant and as such, are more conniving than men. Pollak (1950) argues that women are believed to commit less crime than men is because they are so well equipped for lying, deception and trickery, therefore, when they do commit crime, they are rarely apprehended. Pollak (1950) claims that women’s ability to conceal emotion and fake orgasm is a product of their ‘natural’ ability to deceive and manipulate others, thus giving them power to entice men into committing crime (Pollak, 1950). Similar sentiments are echoed in the work of Cowie et al (1968) that suggest masculine personalities are prone to be aggressively dominant, thus when faced with methods of survival or need to prove dominant status, normalises criminal behaviour. In contrast, feminine personalities are ascribed with a submissive, docile nature. When women do not conform to these

The criminological theory that makes the principal thought out of the "High Tech Crime Operations" abhorrence program is the rational choice theory, and all the more completely the general deterrence theory. For this situation, the rational choice theory can be utilized for the repugnance program to lessen malefaction and in addition add to the program's adequacy. As indicated by Siegel (2015), the rational choice theory is built up on the origination that people can predicate their choice on sane estimation, along these lines demonstration objectively when choosing to increase either for benefit or delight. On the off chance that the advantage is far more prominent, along these lines the apparent hazard is small, the likelihood of conferring

Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes, feminism as a word covers a wide variety of different types of ‘feminism’ such as, Liberal, Radical, Marxist and others. Feminism in criminology looks at the victimisation of women, gender inequality in both law and the criminal justice system, seeking the elimination of all gender inequality. This essay will look at the impacts that feminism has had on criminology. Feminism didn’t come into light until the late 1960’s before this there were many criminologist theories about why people commit crimes such as, the classical theory, positivism, strain theory and more; all of these theories had slight loop holes in them which over time with more theories being

Female conformity to abiding the law is an expectation which is instilled in society subconsciously; no one expects women to be criminal. The ideal image of a woman consists of her compassionate being, with no trace of potential to harm or mistreat others. Therefore in order to reserve this conception and ideal of females, when a ‘soft’ crime is committed such as theft, female offences are less likely to be reported and recorded. The social regulation for men and women contrasts, with the criminal law being mostly concerned with the regulation of male behaviours as it is males who commit more serious offences and therefore there are more men who are incarcerated than women. In contrast, female behaviours are regulated through the definition

Power is defined as the ability to do or act. Oppression is the exercising of power in a cruel or unjust way. Patriarchy is a form of social organization where the father or any man is at the top. Coercion is the force of power to bonds with others in power. These terms relate to the study of crime by addressing the fact that men are consistently in power and have an advantage over women. However, on the other hand, considering men that are in the lower class that have less power and patriarchy they try to create a sense of strong masculinity by participating in criminal acts.

Most criminological theories are created and based about men and the types of crimes that they act out on , as well written out by men . Which shows why female actions in crime and law system appeared to be invisible or not factional. As of now there has been time and attention put into female and the outward actions that cause them to face crime. And of course there will have to be more study put into with the statics that we are facing "there is an increase in numbers of women going to prison ". So as I read through careful through the theories that are in set and stone from the late 1800s there are three of them that quickly caught my attention that I will be expounded on.

Rational choice theory assumes that we are all rational beings and “that the choices a person makes tend to maximise total utility.”(Herrnstein, 1990; 356) Therefore, in order to control crime, the punishment given must outweigh the benefits of the crime. If the punishment for stealing $100 was a $200 fine then, according to rational choice theory, criminals would be less inclined to steal the $100. The punishment, though, must be the minimum amount needed in order to deter criminals otherwise individuals may react by participating in more crime.

Carlen states that these women come to the rational conclusion that crime is the only route to a decent standard of living. This links to interactionists labelling theory in some ways. However critics of this theory suggest that Carlen fails to explain why many women in poverty choose not to commit crime.

Crime and deviance are issues that continue to dominate the public’s imagination and interest. Numerous disciplines such as criminology, psychology and biology have all played a role in trying to understand its causes but the largest contributions have come from the field of sociology. Two perspectives, Marxian and