University of Guilan (with the participation of the Iranian Association of Penal Law) Criminal Law Research 2322-2328 Articles in Press 2026 06 01 Woman and Child or Childish Woman? A Criminological Analysis of the Movie Woman and Child Woman and Child or Childish Woman? A Criminological Analysis of the Movie Woman and Child 9650 10.22124/jol.2026.32067.2664 FA Hamidreza Danesh Nari Assistant Professor in Criminal Law and Criminology at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Mashhad, Iran. Abolfazl Sherafati MA Student in Criminal Law and Criminology. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Mashhad, Iran. Journal Article 2025 10 25 Critical criminology, as a new approach in criminology, analyzes the relationship between unequal social structures and criminal behavior. . Gender-based approaches in critical criminology, by exposing male hegemony in the structure of the norm-setting system, emphasize that in patriarchal societies, women are considered as other and their second-class status is considered natural. This research seeks to evaluate the film "Woman and Child" based on gender-based criminology theories and using the qualitative content analysis method. . The aim of the research is to examine how the film "Woman and Child" represents relationships, roles, institutionalization of gender inequality, and the experience of crime and victimization in the context of gender stereotypes. The research findings show that based on the social construction of gender, crime and victimization are the product of gender expectations and inequalities. Women, as a marginalized group, are victims of unequal structures of power, laws, and discriminatory, anthropocentric justice. In this context, women's resistance to dominant patriarchal culture and norms may manifest itself in the form of resistance crimes. In this film, gender-based differential controls justify the high rate of crime committed by men and show that many male deviances are considered permissible within the framework of male gender roles. Critical criminology, as a new approach in criminology, analyzes the relationship between unequal social structures and criminal behavior. . Gender-based approaches in critical criminology, by exposing male hegemony in the structure of the norm-setting system, emphasize that in patriarchal societies, women are considered as other and their second-class status is considered natural. This research seeks to evaluate the film "Woman and Child" based on gender-based criminology theories and using the qualitative content analysis method. . The aim of the research is to examine how the film "Woman and Child" represents relationships, roles, institutionalization of gender inequality, and the experience of crime and victimization in the context of gender stereotypes. The research findings show that based on the social construction of gender, crime and victimization are the product of gender expectations and inequalities. Women, as a marginalized group, are victims of unequal structures of power, laws, and discriminatory, anthropocentric justice. In this context, women's resistance to dominant patriarchal culture and norms may manifest itself in the form of resistance crimes. In this film, gender-based differential controls justify the high rate of crime committed by men and show that many male deviances are considered permissible within the framework of male gender roles.