SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Critical Criminology, Marxism, Labeling Theory
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Crime is a social product, humans create the law, therefore crime is created labelling theory assumes there is no ontology of crime without law. Conflict theory model of society, that groups are in state of conflict, there is power different between groups, and groups with more power will misuse that power and oppress those with less resources. Perpetual struggle between competing interests groups with uneven power differentials. They distance themselves from neoclassical, and classical, and positivist theories of crime crime is defined is crime because it is a reflection of broader ideas of society. Karl marx applied the notion of critique to apply to social issues, marx would apply that critique to history of society , focused on capitalism. Civil society or state develops from the contradiction of capital and labor. Conflict of interest among groups will be increased by inequality in the distribution of resources.
