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Chapter Eight Social Conflict and Critical Criminology

Chapter Eight Social Conflict and Critical Criminology. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology. Conflict and Crime Those in power shape the context of the law White-collar crimes causing large quantities of damage punished leniently

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Chapter Eight Social Conflict and Critical Criminology

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  1. Chapter EightSocial Conflict and Critical Criminology

  2. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Conflict and Crime • Those in power shape the context of the law • White-collar crimes causing large quantities of damage punished leniently • Petty crimes causing small amounts of damage punished severely

  3. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Origins of Critical Criminology • National Deviancy Conference • How might social control cause deviancy • War in Vietnam, prison struggles, civil rights movement, feminist movement • Relationship between law, power, and crime

  4. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Contemporary Critical Criminology • Themes and Concepts • Connection between social class, crime, and social control • Role of the government in creating a criminogenic environment • Relationship between personal/group power and shaping of criminal law

  5. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Contemporary Critical Criminology • Themes and Concepts • Race and gender bias in the justice system • Relationship between capitalistic economy and crime rates • Misuse of political/social/media power to control behavior of others and shape public opinion

  6. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Contemporary Critical Criminology • Themes and Concepts • American political system • Death penalty, three strikes laws, USA patriot act • Racism • Sexism

  7. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • How Critical Criminologists Define Crime • Crime is a political concept designed to protect the power and position of the upper classes at the expense of the poor • Supranational Criminology

  8. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • How Critical Criminologists Define Crime • Poor • Street crime • Middle Class • White-Collar Crime • Wealthy • Racism • Sexism • Profiteering

  9. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • State (Organized) Crime • Antisocial behaviors committed by state officials in pursuit of their jobs as government representatives • War • Political Corruption • Illegal Domestic Surveillance • Human Rights Violations • State-Corporate Crime • State Violence

  10. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • How Critical Criminologists View the Cause of Crime • Surplus Value • Marginalization • Globalization

  11. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Instrumental Vs. Structural Theory • Instrumental Theory • Criminal law and the criminal justice system are capitalist instruments for controlling the lower class • Structural Theory • Criminal law and the criminal justice system are means of defending and preserving the capitalist system

  12. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Research on Critical Criminology • Historical Trends and Patterns • Empirical Research

  13. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Critique of Critical Criminology • Lack of Real Contribution to Criminology • Lack of Substance • Neglect of Regulatory Efforts in the Capitalist System • Neglect of Efforts at Social Reform

  14. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Critical Feminist Theory • Explains both victimization and criminality among women in terms of gender inequality, patriarchy, and the exploitation of women under capitalism • Patriarchy and Crime • Double marginality • Powerlessness • Exploitation and Criminality

  15. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Critical Feminist Theory • Power-Control Theory • Paternalistic families • Role exit behaviors • Egalitarian families • Evaluating Power-Control Theory

  16. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Left Realism • Crime is a function of relative deprivation under capitalism and favors pragmatic, community-based crime prevention and control. • Crime Protection • Preemptive Deterrence

  17. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Peacemaking Criminology • Purpose of criminology is to promote a peaceful, just society

  18. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Critical Theory and Public Policy • Failure of Old Punishment Policies • Restorative Justice Alternatives • The Process of Restoration

  19. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Critical Theory and Public Policy • Restoration Programs • Sentencing circle • Community • Schools • Police • Courts

  20. Social Conflict and Critical Criminology • Critical Theory and Public Policy • Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) • Accountability • Competency development • Community safety • The Challenge of Restorative Justice

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