Feminists

• Maelstrom - there is a male dominance of and of sociology; women's crime viewed as boring
• Heidensohn - view legal system as treating convicted women worse than men; women who have committed crime get tougher sentences
• Smart - female criminals viewed through the lens where they may be a mother, wife, daughter etc
• Adler - liberation theory - females adopt a 'ladette' culture, fulfill masculine roles and behaviour, may commit crime due to this