SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dependent And Independent Variables, Class Conflict, Psychopathy
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Marijuana is still not legal in u. s according to federal law. Uncertainty of drug policy in u. s. now donald trump presidential. Conflict theory: power is the main explanatory variable. Where does conflict theory come from: strain theory, marx"s theory: classical theory, class conflict - conflicts between two classes, bourgeoisie vs. proletariat, values, culture, political system. economic base structure. Conflict theory similarly argues there is power and conflict within society. Deviance and crime is neither normal nor inevitable source of crime and deviance: biological or psychological theory unequal relation between people, since there is unequal. People use power to shape public opinion to meet their person interests, and crime is defined by those in power. They"re crazy: (cid:1688)they must be abnormal or deranged! (cid:1689) - media, (cid:1688)unstable individuals with a death wish(cid:1689) - psychologists, biological explanation psychopath, related to the mind and even body. To those who ere (cid:1688)american(cid:1689), they saw they as outsider and economic threat.
