Title: Feminist pathways perspective - Wikipedia
Headings: Feminist pathways perspective
Feminist pathways perspective
Contents
Victimization
Connection to criminal activity
Demographics of victimization
Age
Gender
Polyvictimization
Main Routes from Victimization to Crime
Child abuse
Partner abuse
Critique of the victimization explanation
Women's agency
Intersectionality
Separating offenders and victims
References

Content: Literature on victimization has often created a division between victims and offenders. However, these two groups are not as separate as was once understood. It was not until the 1970s that research analyzed victimization, traumas, and past abuse as factors that can influence women to commit crimes. In the early 20th century, the personal histories of women in crime were not a focus of research. Early literature suggested women were antisocial due to their biology, environment, and socialization. Lombroso, for instance, distinguished female offenders from non-offenders based on their physical anatomies. These early explanatory factors were understood individualistically outside of a social-historical context . Connection to criminal activity
There is a well-documented association between criminal behavior and victimization among female offenders. That said, the age and gendered patterns of victimization risk, context, and consequences are highly visible and exacerbated among incarcerated women. There is evidence to support that women involved with crime often have extensive histories of physical and sexual abuse.