Criminologia Feminista: Teoria Feminista e Críticas às Criminologias [Feminist Criminology: Feminist Theory and Critiques of Criminologies]. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris

Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira

doi:10.5204/ijcjsd.2051

Criminologia Feminista: Teoria Feminista e Críticas às Criminologias [Feminist Criminology: Feminist Theory and Critiques of Criminologies]. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris

International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy ◽

10.5204/ijcjsd.2051 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 265-267

Author(s):

Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Feminist Theory ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Feminist Criminology

Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira reviews Criminologia Feminista: Teoria Feminista e Críticas às Criminologias [Feminist Criminology: Feminist Theory and Critiques of Criminologies]

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11. Gender and feminist criminology

Criminology ◽

10.1093/he/9780198736752.003.0011 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Pamela Ugwudike

Keyword(s):

Criminal Justice ◽

Feminist Theory ◽

Female Crime ◽

Radical Feminist ◽

Feminist Criminology ◽

Feminist Perspectives ◽

Gender And Crime ◽

Criminological Theories ◽

Feminist Epistemologies

This chapter examines the origins, definitions, and principles of feminist criminology. It begins with a discussion of the main theoretical traditions that underpin feminist criminology, namely liberal feminist theory, radical feminist theory, Marxist feminist theory, and socialist feminist theory. It then considers feminist epistemologies such as feminist empiricism, standpoint feminism, and postmodern feminism, as well as the intersections between gender and other structures of disadvantage. It also evaluates the interrelationships between gender and crime by addressing feminist explanations of female crime and masculinities studies of male crime, along with the role of gender in the criminal justice system. The chapter concludes by analysing feminist criminologists' criticisms of what they describe as the androcentricism of mainstream criminological theories as well as some of the key criticisms against feminist perspectives on gender and crime.

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To be Black, Queer and Radical: Centring the epistemology of Marielle Franco

Open Cultural Studies ◽

10.1515/culture-2020-0005 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 50-58

Author(s):

Gabriela Silva Loureiro

Keyword(s):

Feminist Theory ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Black Feminist Theory ◽

Black Feminist ◽

Life And Death ◽

Black Queer ◽

Black Activist

AbstractThe aim of this article is to pay tribute to Marielle Franco, a Brazilian LGBTQ+ Black activist from the favela who was brutally executed in March 14, 2018. Taking Marielle’s life and death as a case study, I will demonstrate how she embodied Black feminist theory and practice and how her execution can be better addressed by situating it within the context of spatialities of race and the necropolitical governance of Rio de Janeiro.

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Girls and Violence: The Case for a Feminist Theory of Female Violence

International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy ◽

10.5204/ijcjsd.v2i2.101 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 63-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Kerry Carrington

Keyword(s):

Popular Culture ◽

Feminist Theory ◽

Young Women ◽

Complex Interplay ◽

Discursive Space ◽

Policy Responses ◽

Female Violence ◽

Feminist Ideology ◽

Feminist Criminology ◽

Victims Of Violence

Rises recorded for girls’ violence in countries like Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States have been hotly contested. One view is these rising rates of violence are an artefact of new forms of policy, policing, criminalisation and social control over young women. Another view is that young women may indeed have become more violent as they have increasingly participated in youth subcultural activities involving gangs and drugs, and cyber-cultural activities that incite and reward girls’ violence. Any comprehensive explanation will need to address how a complex interplay of cultural, social, behavioural, and policy responses contribute to these rises. This article argues that there is no singular cause, explanation or theory that accounts for the rises in adolescent female violence, and that many of the simple explanations circulating in popular culture are driven by an anti-feminist ideology. By concentrating on females as victims of violence and very rarely as perpetrators, feminist criminology has for the most part ducked the thorny issue of female violence, leaving a discursive space for anti-feminist sentiment to reign. The article concludes by arguing the case for developing a feminist theory of female violence.

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