Question

Which critical perspective (marxist, feminist, labeling, etc.) on crime do you gravitate towards and why?

What does this perspective add to your understanding of deviance, crime, and criminology?

Answer 1

Marxism deals with a form of inequality that arises from the class dynamics of capitalism. It understands the class inequality as the primary axis of oppression in capitalist societies. Feminism deals with another form of inequality which is the inequality between the sexes.Feminist criticism is concerned with "the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women"