Feminist Perspectives in Criminology:

Abstract

This paper describes the achievements of feminist perspectives in criminology and explores their potential for transforming and transgressing' the criminological enterprise. In particular, the authors focus on the potential for transforming traditional research methodologies. Whilst feminist research methodologies are perhaps closely allied to those adopted by symbolic interactionists, the authors are keen to show how feminist approaches overcome some of the criticisms applied. They are also concerned to examine the validity of knowledge created through feminist perspectives and describe attempts to grapple with the question of how to produce good quality knowledge.