CRJ 404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Feminist School Of Criminology, Transnational Feminism, Marxist Feminism

• School: ASU
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJ 404
• Professor: Brooks Robbin

Document Summary

Critical theories include: labeling, conflict theory, and feminist theories. Define how we decide what acts and what people are delinquent. Share an interest in social power, the ability to make things happen, to realize your wishes, and to produce the affects you want to produce. Known for inspiring many to get involved in social actions. Labeling theory was primarily derived on the work of edwin lemert (1951; 1972), Popular in the 1960s and early 1970s. Explores concepts such as stigma, stigmatization, primary, secondary deviance, symbolic interactionism. People who are similarly labeled will experience similar outcomes. See table 6. 1 becker"s typology of deviant behavior. Many variants of conflict theory are related to the work of german scholar karl marx (1848, 1912) and his consideration of social class. William bonger focused on the role of the economy and class conflict in the production of crime.