SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Productive Forces, Rulemaking, Marxist Feminism
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Lecture overview: social conflict, conflict theory, marxist criminology left realism feminist theory, power-control theory. Modern conflict theory (1960s) influenced by: self-report studies labelling theories research on inequality and injustice, social and political upheavals justice system can protect the powerful by creating laws, etc. Power relations idea that conflict is rooted in the competition for power and wealth: power provides means to influence public opinion for private gain, ex. Ceo of newspaper has the power to influence people to purchase something those in power use law to criminalize those without power: majority of people in prison are from racialized groups, or are minorities. Women criminal justice system (cjs: historically speaking, women have been punished for having sex before marriage, early justice system thought that women should be imprisoned for sexual behaviours. "we have to put them in prison or their going to end up as prostitutes: chesney-lind, double standard of behaviour for boys and girls teen girls are more severely sanctioned.
