CRM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Critical Race Theory, Critical Criminology, White-Collar Crime
13 Mar 2017
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1/35 americans are living in some sort of correctional facility (7 mill) This is actually a decline compared to recent years. There have been many explanations for why there are so many americans locked up. Critical criminologists have suggested that the rise in crime rate in the us is due to a (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge i(cid:374) the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)(cid:859)s attitudes. Shift is known as the punitive turn1. 2000s: criminologist studying us"s punitive turn looked towards other countries, and namely. Canada had maintained a relatively low and stable incarceration rate unlike its neighbour. Modern rates show that canada is experiencing its own punitive turn. It (cid:271)ega(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) ha(cid:396)pe(cid:396) (cid:894)2006(cid:895) de(cid:373)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)ated its o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:862)tough o(cid:374) (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e(cid:863) poli(cid:272)ies. In the last 5 years there has been a 7. 1 increase in offenders mostly from aboriginal or marginalized groups like black people. 6 main areas of the field of critical criminology today in canada. Critical criminology: school of thought w/ multiple subfields + perspectives.
