SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Victimology, Homicide, Uniform Crime Reports
5 Apr 2016
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Conlict model: society is composed of diverse social groups with diferent deiniions of right and wrong. Focus atenion on how some groups are able to inluence the deiniion of what is criminal. Inequality generates conlict and change (gender, age, social class, race, sexual orientaion). Society is made up of diverse groups with diferent deiniions of right and wrong. Conlict is a fundamental aspect of social life and diferent groups compete for power, wealth, etc. Laws are created by the powerful to protect their own interests. Are linked to society"s unequal distribuion of money, power, educaion, social presige. Came not long ater labelling theory in 1960"s. Root of criical perspecives is based in conlict theory and marxism. It wasn"t unil late 1960"s early 1970"s that it made its mark on sociological criminology. Early examples came from turk, quinney, chambliss and seidman, plat, and taylor, walton, and.
