This article assesses the progress of and prospects for feminism in crimino
logy. The focus is on the last 25 years of feminist research and theorizing
about women offenders, victims, and workers in the criminal justice system
. A general overview is provided of the directions of this scholarship, and
key debates between mainstream and feminist perspectives are reviewed. The
article also examines the contributions of feminist activists both within
and outside the discipline to concrete social change for women victims and
offenders. The article closes with a discussion of emerging trends in femin
ist criminology. New research and theorizing about women's experiences with
crime challenge and subvert the traditional divisions and domains of mains
tream criminology.