CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Proletariat, Winnipeg General Strike
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Central to these is the idea that crime can be explained by examining individual differences between people and demonstrating how these differences are, in turn, linked to certain biological or psychological factors that predispose certain people to criminal behaviour. Social context: positivism emerged in 19th century, a period of further consolidation of capitalism and the capitalism mode of production in europe. The rise of the proletariat (working class: rise was accompanied by major industrial, social and political conflict and upheaval, bourgeoise = capitalists, working class began to organize itself industrially, politically and even militarily. Although banned by law they combined into industrial organizations: in canada, the winnipeg general strike of 1919 is one of the most famous examples of labour organization. Exploiting the labour of indigenous people since the voyages of discovery : great leaps in technology and industrial development combined with importance of.
