CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Egalitarianism, Victimless Crime, Nuclear Family
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Marxism, and feminism in criminology 10/8/2013 1:19:00 pm. Distinguish between econ left and right & soc left and right. Market will produce unjust soc outcomes if left to itself and will require gov. to redistribute fairly. Unleashing power of the free market to achieve social aims. When people don"t understand the things they"re buying and selling, the gov should get involved. The nuclear family george w. bush: only one stream, many progressive cons. Who believe in free market & are tolerant like the left. Don"t overlap soc progressiveness exclusively with left or right of political spectrum. People do not commit crime because they do not want to jeopardize their bonds to conventional society this separates criminals and non-criminals. Established strong bonds = conformity to soc rules. All about hypothesized value placed on social bonds. How individuals value or have lost the importance of bonds over time.