CRJ 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Conflict Theories, Differential Association, Critical Legal Studies
3 Sep 2016
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Chapter 2 a critique of mainstream/ malestream theories (september 1, 2016) Original and positivist (biology driven theories: cesare lombroso. Atavism - views some deviant behavior as a throwback to an earlier evolutionary stage in human development and that deviants are less highly evolved than normal law abiding citizens. Women are either madonna or whore (there are only great women or really bad women. The deviant woman is the woman that wants to be man: 4 assumptions. Offending women are masculine and incompetent women. Differences between male and female criminality are due to sex. Strain theory (girls are blocked by society from doing things. : robert merton. Views some deviant behavior as a throwback to an earlier evolutionary stage in human development. Deviants are less highly evolved than normal law abiding citizens: traditional strain theory. Blocked opportunity can be related to boys" and girls" delinquency rates. Differential association theory: criminal behavior is learned, feminist research application.
