Journal Title : National Journal for Legal Research and Innovative Ideas
Frequency : Quarterly
Volume : 5
Issue : 4
Period : July- Sep 2025
By- Divya Raunak, Chanakya National Law University, Patna
•Abstract
Feminist criminology developed as a reaction to dominance by men in customary criminological studies, which for a long time did overlook or did sideline women’s perspectives and realities—whether women offended or women were victims. This article explores how feminist criminology evolved also considers its contemporary concerns it focuses on issues like women become victims, girls commit delinquency, disparities occur in sentencing, women do prostitution, and gender is unequal in law plus criminal justice. It examines theoretical foundations including liberal, radical, Marxist, socialist, and postmodern feminist approaches, with contemporary perspectives like intersectional feminism. The continuing relevance of feminist criminology is highlighted in the paper, which addresses any structural biases that perpetuate women’s invisibility inside criminological discourse. This paper also examines the irony of increased female imprisonment even though total crime numbers decrease. Feminist criminology's role in reshaping criminological knowledge and policy is underscored in this study by grounding it in its theoretical frameworks and historical roots as an inclusive effort to incorporate women’s perspectives into the discipline without rejecting men’s issues. Ultimately, feminist criminology critiques androcentrism in criminology. It also acts as just a constructive framework that is for advancing a justice system sensitive to gender.
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