ABSTRACT
We have seen in the previous three chapters that the victimized actor model of crime and criminal behaviour proposes that the criminal is in some way the victim of an unjust and unequal society. It is the activities of the poorer and less powerful sections of society that are criminalized, while the actions of the rich and powerful are simply ignored or not even defi ned as criminal. From a feminist perspective, it is men who are the dominant group in society and it is they that make and enforce the rules, which are invariably to the detriment of women.
