SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Corporate Crime, Situation Two, Essentialism
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Lecture #9: control theories, left and right realism, General agreement that crime is bad: little special or definitional explanation. Functionalist role of durkheim and the chicago school (latter often hidden) In 1950s, most popular theories were social disorganization, strain, and. 1950s & 1960s : period of great turmoil, transition. Control theories - conservative backlash to rising social rebellion, disorder, and dissent. A general theory of crime (gottfredson & hirschi, 1990) Central tenet : reflect the reality of crime. Focus only on criminal justice system or criminal actor. Their book implied that certain biological predispositions found disproportionately among the poor may be responsible for criminal behavior. The solution to crime : harsher punishments by parents and government to teach morality. They ignored biases of the criminal justice system. The stress on individual responsibility underpins many modern penal policies. Rational choice theory is based on the idea of.
