Introductory Criminology Flashcards
(70 cards)
what is the concern of left realism?
Street crime preys on poor and marginalized
What does left realism advocate for?
Advocates for justice reform and prevention
What are Marxist Feminism beliefs?
-Male domination is a key part of capitalism, as is exploitation of women
-“patriarchal, profit driven culture”
What are radical feminism beliefs?
-More broad – explains also female crime, as rooted in patriarchy
-A key part of society is subordination and control of women
-Starting to focus on experiences of gender diverse, lower class, and radicalized people
What are the 2 factors with families that can lead to crime according to power-control theory?
- Class position (the power the family has in society)
- Family functions (how the family reproduces expected societal roles)
What is deconstructionism or discourse analysis?
The analysis of communication and language
-Legal codes, rules, court findings, regulations
-How we write about and talk about crime, and our responses to crime as a society
What is restorative justice?
You should already know this lol
What is peacemaking criminology?
-Pushes restorative justice further – to promote peaceful and just society-Transformative justice
-End crime
-Punishment and crime control encourages crime
What is convict criminology?
-Usually incorporates critical or radical theories
-People with lived experiences, doing/studying criminology
What is narrative victimology?
-Based on the stories tell about their lives and about crime or CJS
-Often incorporate ideas from sociological or critical criminology. Discourse analysis is also popular
What is the main idea behind critical criminology?
Crime is a function of social and economic conflict
What is Marxist capitalism?
-Private ownership of the means of production - by a few
-Exploiting the people who do the production
-Causes conflict due to inequality and oppression
What are communism beliefs?
_public ownership of the means of production
-Crime is a function of social demoralization
-Workers, demoralized by capitalist society, are caught up in a process that leads to crime and violence
What were the beliefs of Willem Bonger?
-Social classes result from systems of production
-Crimes are only punished if they harm the ruling class
What were the beliefs of Ralf Dahrendorf?
Every society
-is subject to change
-Has dissent and conflict
-Is based on coercion of some members by others
What were the beliefs of George Vold?
-Laws are created to keep rights and interests of the ruling groups
-Crime is a result of forces struggling to control society
What are the beliefs of modern conflict theories?
-Connected to labelling theory
-“Real” crimes are exploitation, sexism, racism
-Laws social control for non-ruling class
-Focuses on inequality in society
What are the goals of conflict criminology?
-Describes how control over political and economic systems affect criminal justice
-Shows how definitions of crime favor the powerful
-Shows how justice is skewed to not punish the powerful and punishes the powerless
According to Marxist criminology, how do you stop crime?
End the social conditions that promote crime
What is instrumental Marxist theory?
-The law is defined by the ruling class to its advantage
-Deviance is defined as actions that go against the ruling classes and their power
What is structural marxist theory?
The law is used to ensure the power of some, but to ensure the existence of the capitalist system
What is deviance according to the structural Marxist theory?
Any action that goes against:
-Processes and concepts of human labor and wages
-Consumption
-Socialization
-Capitalist Ideology
What were the different components of early English law?
-Tribal customs
-Feudal practices
-Everyday rules of locals
What was formed due to early English law?
The basis of Canadian criminal law
