TY - JOUR
T1 - Centering Mothers in Feminist Criminology
T2 - A Critical Review of Literature on Mothers of Victims and Offenders
AU - Gueta, Keren
AU - Condry, Rachel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This article reviews the literature on mothers of victims and mothers of offenders through a feminist criminological lens. Results of our analysis of 52 articles from a twenty-year period indicated that, though situated on opposite sides of the criminal justice system, aspects of the experiences of mothers of victims and offenders were similar. Specifically, the mothers shared perceived accountability for their offspring’s involvement in crime, the burden of care for their offspring, and the negotiation strategies they employed. Our analysis makes visible these mothers as a unique sub-category in the study of crime and proposes a matricentric feminist criminology model.
AB - This article reviews the literature on mothers of victims and mothers of offenders through a feminist criminological lens. Results of our analysis of 52 articles from a twenty-year period indicated that, though situated on opposite sides of the criminal justice system, aspects of the experiences of mothers of victims and offenders were similar. Specifically, the mothers shared perceived accountability for their offspring’s involvement in crime, the burden of care for their offspring, and the negotiation strategies they employed. Our analysis makes visible these mothers as a unique sub-category in the study of crime and proposes a matricentric feminist criminology model.
KW - mental health
KW - motherhood
KW - social constructions of female deviance
KW - stigma
KW - victimology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85188437016&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/15570851241241069
DO - 10.1177/15570851241241069
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AN - SCOPUS:85188437016
SN - 1557-0851
VL - 19
SP - 443
EP - 474
JO - Feminist Criminology
JF - Feminist Criminology
IS - 5
ER -