Canadian Criminology and the Woman Question (From International Feminist Perspectives in Criminology: Engendering a Discipline, P 139-166, 1995, Nicole H Rafter and Frances Heidensohn, eds. -- See NCJ-158792)

• NCJ Number: 158800
• Author(s): D E Chunn; R Menzies
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 28 pages
• Sale Source: Open University Press
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The extent to which feminist perspectives have influenced the organizational structure and professional character of academic criminology in Canada is investigated.

Abstract

Women's exclusion from the regime of rationality in academia has been achieved largely through their sexual objectification by men, although women have demanded and struggled to become full participants in the regime of rationality. The authors consider the extent to which the structure of academic criminology and the field's professionalization process have been feminized over time, whether women are more central to the production and dissemination of criminological knowledge than they were 30 years ago, and whether women's perspectives on crime and criminal justice are fundamentally different from those of men and therefore potentially able to transform academic criminology. Challenges to the involvement of feminists in the field of criminology are noted. 47 references, 12 notes, and 4 tables