Compare and contrast four of the five major feminist criminological perspectives

What will be an ideal response?


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Answers will vary depending on which concepts were selected.
*Liberal feminism: roles of women and men will become more similar in terms of power & public influence and women will gain opportunities in workplace, which will probably raise female crime
*Marxist feminism: capitalist society depends on traditional roles for women and a sexual division of labor, women prosecuted for property crime and sex crimes, both of which are seen as potentially destabilizing capitalist balance
*Socialist feminism
*Postmodern feminism
*Radical feminism

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