SOC205H5 Lecture : Lecture 1
Document Summary
What is theory?- helps us link methodologies to questions; taking one scenario and asking different questions about the situation and use different methodologies. Biological/psychologist theorists- concerned with genes and evolution. Social positivists- factors affecting person"s actions (i. e family dynamics, class relations) Marxist- process of consumption separated from production. Interdisciplinary: shifts in regulations, power relations/imbalances between groups (i. e. race, gender, state vs. non-state. How does criminology itself emerge as a discipline: recent, criminologists experts and how they emerge, valid to study in criminology vs. what is not valid, who gets funding and what kind of questions they are researching.
