CRIM 3356

This course will examine how women’s criminality is conceived and responded to, both historically and in the current Canadian context. The connection between women’s victimization and criminality will be highlighted. The significance of patriarchal ideology and the role of social control agencies criminalizing women will be examined. Some of the topics to be considered are: historical subordination, traditional and contemporary criminological explanations (specific emphasis will be given to feminist and gender theories), characteristics of criminalized women, control and punishment, and strategies for change.