THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FEMINIST RESEARCH Q1. Overall, what aspect of criminology has been 'exposed' by feminist writers? Feminist writers have managed to achieve many things and to also demonstrate that criminology is dominated by men in all areas. Practically all of the theories within criminology have relatively ignored women, only to see them predominately in the role of caregiver and mother rather than a prospective criminal. Women tended to be excluded altogether by theorist such …showed first 75 words of 1249 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1249 total…the example of men's rights within marriage. Until recently, a wife could not accuse her husband of rape as a man's right to sex was seen as more important than a woman's feelings or rights over her own body. Bibliography Class handout: women and crime Gelsthorpe, L. (1990) Feminist methodologies in criminology: a new approach for old wine in new bottles Gelsthorpe and Morris (1990) Heidensohn, F (1985) Women and Crime, London: Macmillan Statistics from Home office website