NCJ Number
122544
Journal
Sociological Spectrum Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Dated: (1990) Pages: 105-131
Date Published
1990
Length
27 pages
Annotation
This paper reviews the principal theories of female crime causation that were proposed in the 20th century and offers an alternative, Marxist-oriented theoretical approach.
Abstract
Using existing theoretical and empirical research, this explanation accounts for the means by which women are defined as criminal, the class relationship between the general population of women and female criminals, and the system which legitimizes control over both the general population of women and female criminals. The paper also suggests the relationship between the victimization of women and the opportunity structure is class-based. 10 footnotes, 63 references. (Author abstract modified)