Timeline: Feminist Criminology

In this unit, you learned about the influences that gender-based theories have had on criminology. For this assignment, you are to construct a timeline that highlights the major milestones of feminist criminology. You will support your timeline by meeting the following criteria:

• describing what is meant by the gender gap in crime data and how it differs based on various offenses,
• discuss the roles that race and economics have in society,
• describe the role of law and power in conflict theory,
• reflect on how this applies to your understanding of gender gaps, and
• discuss the influences that gender-based theories have had on criminology.

Your paper should be a minimum of three pages in length and include an introduction. You should also include a minimum of four resources, and one resource can be your textbook.