SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Conflict Theory, George Orwell, Environmental Criminology
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Society is divided by conflict, rather than being related by consensus. William shambles: those people who have the greatest impact in terms of the cjs offer the fewest rewards. George orwell: all people are created equal, except some people are created more equal than others. Faster response times: a fast response time will result in an arrest. Faster response times do not produce higher arrest rates: police are barely called to offences in progress, often, the offender is long gone before the police arrive, often, the victim and the offender know each other. In canada, policing has evolved so that you are relying on people with an education and common sense: quinney"s theory is based on marxist perspectives. Power theory: powerful people have a stronger deviant motivation. Important to understand that in our justice system, the courthouses look very chaotic and busy. Situation in which crime occurs: opportunity theories: environmental criminology:
