Synopses & Reviews
Feminist criminology grew out of the Women 's Movement of the 1970s in response to the neglect of women by, and the male dominance of, mainstream criminology. This important volume traces the development of feminist criminology and assesses its impact on the discipline. Examining the development of feminist theoretical perspectives and empirical research in criminology, this key book investigates their impact on research methods and topics, pedagogy, and curriculum and employment in academic and criminal justice professions.
Claire M. Renzetti considers the potential for feminist criminology to transform the discipline, making it more progressive by including, as a central principle, the need to analyze intersecting inequalities, especially those of gender, race and class, in order to fully understand both crime and justice. She skillfully gives a balanced view of the subject, incorporating both the successes and failures of feminist criminology and provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography which allows criminology students to access, for their own research purposes, the large body of feminist criminological literature.
Synopsis
This important volume traces the development of feminist criminology and assesses its impact on the discipline. Author Renzetti skilfully gives a balanced view of the subject and provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography, allowing criminology students to access a large body of feminist criminological literature.
Synopsis
Feminist criminology grew out of the Women's Movement of the 1970s, in response to the male dominance of mainstream criminology - which meant that not only were women largely excluded from carrying out criminological research, they were also barely considered as subjects of that research.
In this volume, Claire Renzetti traces the development of feminist criminology from the 1970s to the present, examining the diversity of feminisms which have developed:
- liberal feminist criminology
- Marxist, radical and socialist feminist criminologies
- structured action theory
- left realism
- postmodern feminism
- black/multiracial feminist criminology.
She shows how these perspectives have made a great impact on the discipline, the academy, and the criminal justice system, but also highlights the limitations of this influence. How far has feminist criminology transformed research and knowledge production, education, and practice? And how can feminist criminologists continue to shape the future of the discipline?