SOC205H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Antonio Gramsci, Racial Formation Theory, Atavism
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Purpose of punishment is to treat + reform. Study of crime is objective; value neutral. Attempts to explain all crime leads to over prediction. Believe we live in a world of cause + effect. Criminal behaviour is understood as the product of abnormality. Ignore the criminalization process: (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:894)(cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al/ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al(cid:895) o e(cid:454)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al to a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) (family + neighbourhood) Criminality is the result of improper socialization = leads to abnormal development. Purpose of punishment is not to punish, but to provide treatment and reform the person. Neg: positivists failed to recognize human behaviour (human conduct) Focus on individual factors rooted in biological + psychological + social explanations. Explain why crime occurs + causes in the individual. Do not look at how particular behaviour come to define as crime/criminals. Focus on definition of crime + the criminalization of behaviour. Focus on social relations that affect power + inequality.
