SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Left Realism, Sexual Orientation, Social Class

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: J.Bruce Morton

Document Summary

Involvement helps us stronger involvement that are legitimate activities that society sees as a good thing (i. e. religious beliefs, sports teams: attachment, commitment, belief. Identity of young person protected: disposal of records. Sociological theories: emphasis on social conflict (critical perspectives) important to remember class: conflict theory. Society is composed of diverse social groups with different definitions of right and wrong. Conflict is a fundamental aspect of social life and different groups compete for power, wealth etc. laws are created by the powerful to protect their own interests: marxist theory, critical criminology, feminist criminology, left realism. Inequality generates conflict and change: gender, age, social class, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation. -----all of these are linked to society"s unequal distribution of money, power, education, and social prestige. Inequality and unequal power central to understanding crime and its control: focus should be directed at rule makers not rule breakers, e. g. corporate crime vs. street crime.