Gender and Criminological Thought: Perspectives From a Feminist Epistemology

The research aims to analyze, from a feminist epistemological framework and approach, the role of Criminology in the production and reproduction of power relationship, studying how women were perceived in their different schools of criminological thought, understanding that the adoption of gender as...

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Autores: Chai, Cássius Guimarães, Passos, Kennya Regyna Mesquita
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista de Criminologias e Politicas Criminais
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/1460
Acceso en línea:https://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistacpc/article/view/1460
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Epistemology
Criminology. Feminism. Gender. Women
Epistemologia
Criminologia
Feminismo
Gênero
Mulher
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Sumario:The research aims to analyze, from a feminist epistemological framework and approach, the role of Criminology in the production and reproduction of power relationship, studying how women were perceived in their different schools of criminological thought, understanding that the adoption of gender as a category of analysis contributes to the production of a wider knowledge in this science, unveiling the invisibility of women's relationships towards to crime and to the Penal System. The methodology consists of a literature reviewing that crosses several disciplines, such as history, sociology, criminology and feminist theories.