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AGENDA. Introduce “Critical Theory” Review a bit for Thursday Exam. Critical Theories . Can’t we all just get along?. Critical Theories in Context. In 1950-1960s = strain Policy = provide opportunity to those who lack means for achieving legitimate success.

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  1. AGENDA Introduce “Critical Theory” Review a bit for Thursday Exam

  2. Critical Theories Can’t we all just get along?

  3. Critical Theories in Context • In 1950-1960s = strain • Policy = provide opportunity to those who lack means for achieving legitimate success. • Turmoil of 1960s  criminologists become more skeptical • Politicians and other interests groups lack will to make real changes • Cloward and Ohlin story • Many groups actively oppose providing opportunities

  4. Consensus vs. Conflict • Law reflect shared belief about what is wrong • Law resolves conflicts and maintains order • The state is “neutral” • Bias is temporary and unintentional • Law is an end process in a conflict over values • Bias is built into the law (winners punish losers) • The state (CJS) responds to the needs of those in power (not neutral) Consensus Conflict

  5. Critical Theory • Central Themes • Emphasis on “inequality” and “power” • Crime as “political” concept • CJS serves interests of powerful • Solution to crime is more equitable society • EXPLANATION OF LAW and CJ SYSTEM rather than crime

  6. Critical Theories are Best as “Big Picture” theories • Why are some things defined as “criminal” whereas others are seen as “poor judgment” or “bad,” but not really criminal? • The Housing Bubble and Great Recession as an example • PBS Frontline

  7. Exam II • Thursday • What two things will you need?

  8. Review for Exam II • Psychology • Freud • Personality, defense mechanisms • Learning types and their implications • Classical conditioning • Operant conditioning • Social Learning/Cognitive • Skills vs. Restructuring • Personality • IQ

  9. Review Continued • Sociological Theory • Social Structure • Chicago School and Social D • Original, Sampson and friends • Anomie and Strain Theories • Merton, Agnew, Messner and Rosenfeld • Social Process • Social Learning/DA • Sutherland, Akers, Sykes & Matza • Social control • Hirschi, G&H, S&L • Labeling + updates

  10. Things to know… • Assumptions made about human nature (for sociological theory) • Policy Implications • Central Concepts • Different Flavors of the theory • Hirschi bonding vs. Gottfredson and Hirsch low self-control • Agnew GST vs. Merton strain • Unit of anaylsis • Most are “individual” level theories, make note of the ones that are not

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