SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Discourse Analysis, Social Change, Social Class
25 Jun 2015
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Categorization: "any that are explicitly non-conservative, structuralism + postmodern vs. perspectives examining capitalist exploitation, critical theories- feminist + marxist knowledge, developed through an age of uncertainty, rapid development. N: westray mining disaster, postmodernism, aim for 100% objectivity (impossible?, focus on: Power exists within language (bubble) subjective interactionists- social life is subjectively generated, o o o: neomarxists- inequality is an objective reality. Vs. postmodernists- social construct o: key ideas. Canada"s criminal system: canada has a relatively high incarceration rate (116/100000), lower than the us. Law & order method: strict criminal justice system, longer sentences, mandatory minimum sentences, capital punishment, deterrence is central, retribution , crime reduction, broken windows model. Policing: case probability -> class probability, when social incivilities are obvious, crime rates increase, dilapidated neighbourhoods = crime, zero-tolerance policy supposed to lead to reduction of all crime, 3 provincial forces o o o. Courts: summary- less serious, 6 month sentence and max fine o.
