CRIM 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Industrial Revolution, Feudalism, Criminology
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Out of the ruins of a traditional one. Sociologists saw themselves providing a rational, scientific analysis of the monumental social changes that were occurring. And make some sense of what was coming next. Did not deal with the problem of crime in any significant way. The conflict between the material forces of production: o(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s (cid:272)apa(cid:272)it(cid:455) to produ(cid:272)e, material, goods, and knowledge. And the social relations of production: relationship to & distribution of goods. Societal relations would remain relatively fixed: become a hindrance to development, leading to socialism replacing capitalism. Contradiction of capitalism: two conflicting groups. The powerful -> becomes smaller and richer. The powerless -> keeps getting larger and poorer. Supply of labour exceeds demand for labour: referred to as proletariats. 1) essential to human nature that people are: productive in life and work, through industrialization and capitalism. Creatio(cid:374) of (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:272)lass: lu(cid:373)pe(cid:374)proletariat or (cid:862)de(cid:373)oralized people(cid:863) Unproductive and demoralized: subject to vices and crime.