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NCJ Number:	122544

Title:	Women and Crime in the United States: A Marxian Explanation

Journal:	Sociological Spectrum Volume:10 Issue:1 Dated:(1990) Pages:105-131

Author(s):	P F Radosh

Date Published:	1990

Page Count:	27

Type:	Research (Theoretical)

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

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)

Main Term(s):	Female deviance; Society-crime relationships

Index Term(s):	Class comparisons; Female offenders; Female victims; Marxism; Radical criminology

Note:	Paper presented at the Third International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, July 1987, Dublin, Ireland.



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