What It's Like for Women: Criminology in Poland and Eastern Europe (From International Feminist Perspectives in Criminology: Engendering a Discipline, P 124-135, 1995, Nicole H Rafter and Frances Heidensohn, eds. -- See NCJ-158792)

• NCJ Number: 158799
• Author(s): M Platek
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 12 pages
• Sale Source: Open University Press
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

Political upheavals in Eastern Europe, including Poland, have affected feminist criminology, and the first feminist organization was established at Warsaw University in 1981.

Abstract

The aim of the early women's movement in Poland was to create better conditions for women. Most did not recognize, however, that achieving this goal would require major legal and social changes. Currently, feminist criminology is in its infancy in Poland, and male-oriented studies framed by criminal law still dominate the field. Victimology represents a powerful tool for injecting feminist perspectives into criminal law and criminal justice, but victimology in Poland has not focused on female victimization. Crimes against women are often ignored, and Poland has no crisis centers, shelters, or help for battered women. Nonetheless, Polish women are free to organize and have a significant role to play in criminology and criminal justice. 20 references and 6 notes