Ch1 Women and Crime introduction

Sex vs Gender

• early theories of criminology often characterized female offenders as masculine and were thought to be more similar to men than women

• the notions of __ __ ___ are interrelated within the study of women and crime

feminism

plays a role in explaining some of the issues women face in their criminal justice system

when was the first feminist criminologists gave attention

during the 1960s-70s and foucsued on issues of equality

Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)

• largest data collection on crime

• only one offense are counted

• hierarhcal rule

National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

• data on completed and attempted crimes

• more accuratly analysis

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

• largest victimization survey in US

• accounts for the "dark figure of crime”

contributions of feminist methodology to research

• provides significiant insight on women and their experiences within the field of criminal justice

• largerly qualitative in nature and allow for emotions and values to be present as part of the research process

feminist method

process by which data are gathered and the relationship between the researcher and subject