Feminist Criminology in Australia (From International Feminist Perspectives in Criminology: Engendering a Discipline, P 17-38, 1995, Nicole H Rafter and Frances Heidensohn, eds. -- See NCJ-158792)

• NCJ Number: 158794
• Author(s): C Alder
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 22 pages
• Sale Source: Open University Press
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

Feminist criminology is somewhat new to Australia, and academic feminists have not felt particularly constrained by traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Abstract

In general, the study of crime in Australia has not been dominated by criminologists. Rather, the study of crime has had a strong legal basis and has only recently become a multidisciplinary subject area. Australian feminist criminologists do not limit their work to the study of crime in the traditional sense; they also focus on health, education, and youth issues. They are often involved in local and policy matters, but issues identified in their work have an international character. Major issues addressed by Australian feminists during the 1980's and 1990's include prostitution law reform, rape law reform, policing and legislation regarding domestic violence, and the imprisonment of women. A dominant concern of feminist criminologists over the past decade has been violence against women. The author examines issues faced by aboriginal women, diversity in women's lives, and criminal women. 88 references and 4 notes