Chapter 11 Self-test questions

. What is the most common type of relationship between a victim and an offender in a case of serious sexual assault?

. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (2014) carried out an inspection of how the police deal with domestic abuse cases across England and Wales. How many of the 43 police forces were found to have acted effectively to respond to domestic abuse cases and bring perpetrators to justice?

. How are women portrayed in the 'evil woman' thesis?

. What is the concept that can pressure men into attaining certain levels of socially prescribed masculine status and power?

. Who was the author of the text 'Women, Crime and Criminology', published in 1976, that is seen as heralding the start of feminist criminology in the UK?

. Which of these terms has been used to describe how criminology has historically overlooked gender?

. What do theorists mean when they refer to a tendency to 'dichotomise gender'?

. '"Malestream" is a term used to describe criminology as being male-centred.' True or false?

. What is the 'gender gap'?

. According to liberal feminism, which factors are primarily responsible for gender inequality?

. Which type of feminism has been criticised for not challenging the patriarchal status quo?

. What do radical feminists believe to be the fundamental factor that drives gender inequality?

. Which group of feminists have been criticised for elevating the importance of economic class inequality over other forms of oppression?

. Socialist feminist theory combines aspects of which other feminist theories? (Select all that apply.)

. 'Epistemological positions are criminological theories.' True or false?

. Which feminist epistemology believes it is possible to produce unbiased, gender-neutral knowledge of the nature of crime?

. What are standpoint feminists criticised for?

. Which school of feminist thought rejects the ability of scientific research methods to produce an objective, universal 'truth' for the social reality experienced by women?

. 'Postmodern feminism has been accused of relativism.' True or false?

. Who devised the term 'intersectionality'?

. 'In her seminal text, African American feminist bell hooks (1981) _______ the view that all women share similar experiences of disadvantage.' What is the missing word?

. Which of the following are among the identities and social categories that are considered by newer feminist perspectives in their analyses of gender issues? (Select all that apply.)

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