Part B: Essay Task

TOPIC 2: Gender, crime and theory in Australia

The overarching theme in this essay should be around gender, gender inequality, and intersections with crime in Australian context. In addition, you need to apply feminist theory OR queer theory to help you argue your points and to demonstrate an understanding of the topic. You have an option to select between a specific question to answer or a quote to interpret in a critical manner.
a) How can theory illuminate your understanding of the links between gender and
crime in Australian context?
OR
b) “...men and women can be criminals, and criminality structures opportunities for the expression of varieties of masculinity and femininity” (Britton 2011, p. 26).