Exam 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Women and the Criminal Justice System

Historically, girls' delinquency was seen as neither interesting nor important.

Ecofeminism

Intersectionality refers to the link between women's crime and their punishment.

Womanism is a construct most closely associated with:

The concept of the social construction of gender refers to:

Match the term with the appropriate definition. -Liberal feminism

According to the text, _________________ is the term for people who are not transgender.

Empowerment theory focuses on:

The term applied to discrimination against or the putting down of groups of people on the basis of their social identity or characteristics is known as:

_____________ is a construct most closely associated with African American beliefs in gender equality

Liberal feminism, more than other models, stresses:

Liberal feminists look to ____________ to ensure the rights of women and changes in socialization practices.

The first feminist movement began at:

In Commonwealth v. Daniel, Jane was convicted of ______________.

According to the text, one of the effects of the backlash to the women's movement is:

As early as the 1980s, Daly and Chesney-Lind (1988) listed various aspects of feminist thought that distinguished it from traditional criminological inquiry. Discuss these aspects.

A major influence in the birth of the second feminist movement was the groundbreaking _________ of Betty Friedan's The Feminist Mystique.

Match the term with the appropriate definition. -Black feminism

Cisgender women are gender nonconforming women.

Radical and Marxist beliefs are most closely associated with __________ feminism.