SOC 1500 Lecture 7: Crime Lecture 7.docx

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

Document Summary

Week 7: social conflict theories - february 28th, 2012. Socieites" defintion of a behaviour at a given time and place that determines whether behaviour is acceptable. Reaction of society is a major element in determining criminality of a person. Labelling perpetuates crime rather than reduces it. Jane elliot"s experiment on discrimination with 3rd graders. Iowa school teacher the day after martin luther king jr. murdered 1968. Through successful socialization, a bond forms between individuals and social groups. Four components of social bond: attachment, commitment, involvement, belief. Radical , critical , new , marxist criminology 1970"s ian. Drew on marxist traditions in social and political thought as a way of explaining crime in a system predicated on class inequalities. The class you were born into would be the class you would die in. Poor because not working hard enough, if embraced what was happening in the market due to capitalism they could to reach the level of wealth.