CHYS 3P40 Lecture 4: CHYS 3P40 - Lecture #4

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 3P40
• Professor: Voula Marinos

Document Summary

Theories of crime ii: gender, class, race, disability & responses by. Chys 3p40 week 4, fall 2017 dr. v. marinos. Outline: catching up from last week , conflict theory, integrated theories, feminist theories, intersectional theories, test expectations a theory: an explanation. Categories of theories of crime: a map: (prescientific &) classical, positivism individual or social; consensus-based or conflict-based, integrative biological/psychological, individual and social; - life-course theorists (lcp: longitudinal studies, over the life/course , feminist, intersectional age class, gender, race, age, disability. If you can get to the root cause, you can address them and then hopefully prevent them. Responsibility for crime: society is responsible for crime, socialized to want to achieve cultural goals, goals such as attaining wealth, the american dream , and peer pressure. Limitations to theory: functionalism ignores social inequality and negative consequences to society. Ignores social disorder: does not consider psychological factors.