Why feminist criminology must pose a methodological challenge to male-centred criminological theory

Nicola Harding

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    Abstract

    The purpose of this chapter is to consider the contribution that feminist criminology can offer to understandings of women’s lived experience of community punishment. Particularly, how the use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) can pose a methodological challenge to theories that have been conceived and developed within the context of a male centred criminology. Specifically, this piece will examine the role of relationships within current desistance theory. Arguing that the complex nature of the role of victimization and resistance to victimization has not been fully explored in relation to female desistance. Drawing upon evidence collected during a PAR cycle with women subject to community punishments in North West England, an argument will be made that whilst some characteristics of desistance theory are shared across gender lines, many aspects are male focused and inadequately explain the processes of women desisting from crime.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEmerging Voices
    Subtitle of host publicationCritical social research by European Group Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers
    EditorsSamantha Fletcher, Holly White
    Place of PublicationBristol
    PublisherEG Press
    Pages105-118
    ISBN (Print)978-1911439097
    Publication statusPublished - 23 Jul 2017

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