Feminist Criminological Approaches

A Contribution to the Design of Public Policies

Authors

  • Diana Salazar Méndez Fiscalía del Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61243/calamo.21.404

Keywords:

Feminist theory, Criminology, Victimization, Gender narratives;, Violence against women, Intersectionality

Abstract

For too long, criminology has been presented as a rational and objective ordering of gender-neutral individuals, while, at the same time, its approach has been directed from a male perspective. In response, the feminist perspective in the field of criminology critiques this androcentric bias of traditional criminology, that is, the privileging of men's experiences and perspectives in relation to the empirical and theoretical knowledge produced about crime. Essentially, criminology with a feminist approach has shown that crime and victimization are gendered, ethnicized; and conditioned by heterogeneity of norms. All of this has determined indelible contributions to the understanding of crime and its control. This approach has endowed public institutional frameworks with theoretical inputs closely aligned with reality, thereby enabling a better design of public policies focused on the criminal phenomenon.

Author Biography

Diana Salazar Méndez, Fiscalía del Ecuador

Attorney General of the State of the Republic of Ecuador. Doctor in Jurisprudence and Lawyer of the Courts and Tribunals of the Republic, from the Central University of Ecuador. Master in Procedural Law from the Indo-America Technological University. Former director of the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (UAFE). Arbitrator of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Winner of the International Anticorruption Champions Award, awarded by the Department of State of the United States of America.

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Published

2024-07-01

How to Cite

Salazar Méndez, D. (2024). Feminist Criminological Approaches : A Contribution to the Design of Public Policies. Cálamo, Journal of Legal Studies, (21). https://doi.org/10.61243/calamo.21.404