This study historically analyzes the development of the emerging feminist-based criminological theory. It focuses on the ideas and social roles that helped to establish the foundation for intellectual discourse of women's issues within criminology. The existing criminological literature on women is divided into three periods: (1) 1895 to WWII, (2) WWII to 1975, and (3) 1975 to the present. By examining the noted texts on female offenders by Lombroso and Ferrero (1895), Thomas (1924), Pollak (1950), and Adler (1975), the study relates the conditions of women in society in general to the development of a feminist-based theory within criminology. / By paralleling the treatment of women in criminological discourse with women's changing status in society and their depiction in popular culture, a context for the development of theory is established. The study illustrates the evolution of feminist ideas by ideas found in non-feminist works are incorporated into today's feminist perspectives. A strategy is proposed for a more comprehensive feminist-based criminological theory within a diverse social, economic, cultural, and political environment. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-12, Section: A, page: 3998. / Major Professor: Michael J. Lynch. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77309 |
| Contributors | Huey, Jacqueline F., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 323 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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