Exam 8: Critical and Feminist Theories

_____ explanations of crime focus on individual behavior.

Describe the key components of Messerschmidt's structured action theory.What is hegemonic masculinity? What does Messerschmidt mean when he says "do gender"?

Gender (being male) is the single best predictor of criminal behavior.

Matriarchal families are said to be balanced, and parents socialize male and female children similarly.

The ______ problem refers to the question of whether traditional male-centered theories of crime apply to women.

Anne Campbell has attempted to account for gender differences in crime rates by using the logic of evolutionary history in her ______ hypothesis.

Freda Adler suggested that as females increasingly adopt male roles in society, they will become as crime-prone as men, in what is known as the ______ hypothesis.

Briefly describe the emancipation hypothesis.

According to Chesney-Lind, feminist criminology is uniquely positioned to respond to which of the following issues?

According to Marx, the lumpenproletariat would not play a decisive role in the expected revolution.

The ______ hypothesis argues that the woman's liberation movement has generated efforts by women to free themselves from the power of men, but by doing so they have freed men from their traditional roles as providers.

What is the generalizability problem in feminist criminology?

______justice is a system of mediation and conflict resolution that is focused on repairing the harm that has been caused by crime.

Briefly define patriarchy.

______ is a condition that entails the estrangement or distancing of individuals from something, such as another person, society in general, or the products of their labor.

Compare and contrast the core arguments and the policy implications of Marxist criminology and feminist criminology.

Identify one critique of Marxist criminology.

Marxist criminologists advocate ______ in response to crime.

Briefly explain the masculinization (or emancipation) hypothesis of women's crime.

Describe the foci and arguments of feminist criminology.What have feminist theorists contributed to our understandings of crime?