Feminism and Criminology examines crime, victimization, and criminal justice through feminist perspectives. The book explains how gender influences experiences of crime, patterns of offending, victimization, policing, prosecution, punishment, and social control. It examines the limitations of traditional criminological theories in addressing women’s experiences and introduces feminist approaches that emphasize gender, power, inequality, and social structures. The book discusses domestic violence, sexual violence, harassment, exploitation, trafficking, and other forms of gender-related victimization. It also examines women’s involvement in criminal activities and considers how poverty, discrimination, family circumstances, social expectations, and unequal opportunities influence criminal behavior. Different feminist perspectives provide frameworks for analyzing the relationships between gender and crime.
