SOCY 275 Lecture Notes - Corporate Crime, Left Realism, Ruling Class

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 275
• Professor: Stacey Alerie

Document Summary

Theories before marxism vs change social structure: seek to mediate between. Still marxist theory, focus on ways to control working class deviance: more practical engagement. Theoretical integration- needed things for definition of deviance: police, victims, offenders, public. Control theories, labeling theories, anomie: integrated theories. Policy recommendations: improve streets, clubs, community based policing, community police, prosecute white collar criminals, regulate prostitution, target economic marginality, alienation, address social structure. Victims and criminals are all in the working class. State can still be responsible and can still reduce crime. Crimes of bourgeoisie - corporate deviance: more victimization from ruling class than victimization from street crime, eg billions of dollars from corporate crime than street crime, caused more harm than street crime. Failure of criminal justice system to punish these people: media, promotion of working class deviance. Most crimes are not defined as crime: laws less likely enforced, punishments never reflected extent of crime.