Discuss the recent profile of a female delinquent and describe how it may or may not have changed over the last ten to twenty years

What will be an ideal response?


The answer should include the following points:
• Until recently, the study of delinquency had largely been the study of male delinquency.
• Fifteen years later, Chesney-Lind noted that the study of delinquency had long been gender biased.
• Today's feminist criminologists agree on gender-based differences in adolescents' experiences.
• There is disagreement over how to address the male-oriented approach to delinquency.
• Eileen Leonard has argued that new theoretical efforts to understand women's crime must include an analysis of the links among gender, race, class, and culture.
• Elizabeth Spelman concluded that it is only through an examination of such factors that oppression against women can be more clearly grasped and understood.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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