maltreatment are the feminist theory and the choice theory of crime. First‚ a brief review provides each theory an avenue to explaining how it relates to the crime. Next‚ a discussion of both theories includes forming potential criminal justice responses. Finally‚ actual criminal justice system responses are examined providing insight into how the implantations relate to the theories given. Feminist theory responses. According to Allen and Lavender-Stott (2015)‚ the feminist theory suggests that
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Social purity feminist and new moralists had different beliefs and advocated for different things when it came to female sexuality. According to Bland‚ social purity feminists advocated that when it came to the women’s body they had every right to say no to all unwanted sexual advances‚ this included married women (Bland‚ 1983). They also advocated that a married woman should have the right to control conception of a child‚ they suggested one of two ways to do so and this was by either continence
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Running Head: “THE AWAKENING” FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE In Kate Chopin’s novel‚ “The Awakening”‚ Edna finds herself in a society where women were socially confined to be mothers and wives. This novel embodies the struggle of women in the society for independence along with the presence of women struggling to live up to the demands that their strict culture has placed upon them. A part of Edna wants to meet the standards of mother and wife that society has set‚ however her biggest desire
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Course: Tutor: Date Criminology is a term that refers to any kind of study associated with crime and criminal justice. Feminist criminology in the late 1960 into the early 1970 was largely concerned with the victimization of women. The emergence of Feminism that sort the elimination of all forms of gender inequality in women lead to contemporary feminist criminologists‚ whose contributions have led to the modern understanding of women as victims‚ offenders and of their practice of the
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Feminist Approaches to International Law Feminist approaches to International Law and its underlying issues can be seen as radical‚ liberal‚ and extreme. The male point of view has found a way of forcing itself upon the world‚ apprehending it and dominating it full-fledged. It has grasped hold of the State and law in the same way male dominance has grasped women throughout history. Whether the clasps of violence against women are through rape‚ forced marriage‚ exploitation and forced prostitution
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young adult must achieve an understanding about ones self and the community around him. However‚ this level of maturity is rarely reached without suffering emotional pain or confusion (Helfand/Bliss 1). In both A Separate Peace and The Catcher in the Rye the main characters‚ Gene and Holden‚ experience great emotional trauma and confusion as they attempt to make the rite of passage into adulthood. In the book The Catcher in the RyeHolden Caulfield is expelled from Pencey Prep because of his failing
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those whom it may concern‚ The recent debate on the banning of the popular book‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ from a public school is nothing new in the literary world. J.D. Salinger’s novel is the second most challenged book in history (Doyle) because of its crude language‚ sexual references‚ and questionable content. In reality‚ Holden is a character to be respected for his rash views on the world and the political madness of it all. Holden may not always have the most moral ideas‚ granted
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In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the subject matter of Innocence is explored as Holden’s quest throughout New York City unfolds and his views on society develop. The novel is narrated by Holden Caulfield who is telling us the story of how he got to the mental hospital where he is currently a patient. Holden starts off at Pencey Prep‚ a preparatory school in Pennsylvania but eventually leaves after he is expelled. Holden wanders through New York City where he originally plans to go home
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The section I chose to reflect on is “Heterosexuality and Feminist Theory” by Christine Overall. This certain reading refers to the class discussion of Sept. 15‚ 2011 and also in the class of Sept. 20‚ 2011. The main idea of this very serious‚ but contemporary reading was heterosexuality; it built off the subject into why‚ who‚ and how into great detail. To summarize the whole reading in to one statement of my own is going to be hard since Ms. Overall did it so well. Heterosexually is the norm as
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Feminist Approach to Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Females with Eating Disorders S. Devon Walsh Loyola University New Orleans Abstract The present article reviews contemporary literature on the related factors and interventions for adolescent girls with eating disorders. The incidence of eating disorders continues to rise amongst adolescent girls yet an effective intervention still fails to exist. Contemporary research links the sociocultural‚ biological‚ and physiological factors that put
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