CRM 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Oscar Lewis, Critical Criminology, North American Free Trade Agreement
16 Feb 2017
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Critical criminology is defined as a perspective that views the major sources of crime as the unequal class, race, ethnic, and gender relations, etc. that control our society. " . In society, it is inequality that is the source of criminality and the way we view it. Most critical criminologists advocate for structural changes in society in order to reduce crime. They want there to be changes in the policies so that society is not as fixated on harsh punishments. These criminologists see themselves as being political and on the side of those that have been marginalized in society. They use research methods to show how social forces contribute to crime and how our criminal justice system can be used as a means of social control. Many of their contributions and insights are well-received and accepted within society because of the fact that they challenge the status quo.
