CRIM 1650 Study Guide - Final Guide: Racialization, White-Collar Crime, Countersurveillance

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: Danny O' Rourke- Dicarlo

Document Summary

What works and what doesn"t work in cjs - politicizing. What is the problem under the category of race. Alternatives race is fixed biological differences b/w ppl. Promotion of stereotypes connect race based discourses to a policy that aims to get tough on crime. Organzied crime: when organized crime replaces the state (failed states, corrupt) No policing in the climate of the failed state u are giving the opportunity for organized crime to govern. Provides services, contracts and does so violently: the mafia in non-failed states. Mythological secret bosses street level scolders image of understanding crime from 30"s to 60"s from hollywood movies. What is the new fascination when it comes to organized crime transnational crime so sophisticated it acts everywhere corrupts finical markets, in weapons supports terror. Dismissed for the most part considered accidents accounted with business colorectal damage. Highly influential when it comes to public policy.