NCJ Number
140967
Journal
Deviance et societe Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1992) Pages: 237-330
Editor(s)
C Faugeron
Date Published
1992
Length
94 pages
Annotation
To remedy the lack of feminist publications available in French speaking countries, this special issue is devoted to the relationship of women to criminal law.
Abstract
The first essay introduces the impact of the Women's Movement on criminal justice through the debates surrounding the criminalization of pornography in Canada. A group of publications focuses on the controversy about a female concept of law. Each of the four contributors directly or indirectly addresses the question of whether women offenders should be judged according to a female criminal code (separate from males) or whether they should strive for recognition of their rights and concerns within a single, common criminal code. The contributors agree that, despite the disagreements and difficult choices facing feminists, feminism has provided and will provide significant impulses to the study of criminology. A bibliographical survey of feminist publications and their effects on the criminal justice field concludes the issue.