CRI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: War Crime, Extraordinary Rendition, Masculinity
CHAPTER 8
SOCIAL CONFLICT
• Struggle for power in society
KARL MARX
• Capitalism—relationship between law, power, crime
• Dehumanized workers—beaten down
CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGISTS
• Believe the cause of crime is linked to economic, social, and political disparity
• The law is an instrument of power designed to hold down the poor and maintain the wealth/status
• Connection between social class, crime, and social control
• Relationship between economy and crime ----economic competitiveness
• Widening gap between rich and poor
• Elite domination – through media, fear of crime, fear of poor people… crime designed to protect rich
• Violation of human rights/dignity
SUPRATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY (STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIME)
• War crime
• Crime against humanity
• Genocide
• Human rights violations
DEFINING CRIME AND JUSTICE
• Poor—street crime
• Middle class—petty crimes
• Wealthy—white collar crime
SURPLUS VALUE
• Profits from the laboring classes go to business owners (not the workers)
• As corporations downsize, TECHNOLOGY replaces workers
MARGINALIZATION
• People being outside economic mainstream leads to less bonds to society
GLOBALIZATION
• Moving jobs overseas
• Creation and maintenance of transitional markets
• Threat to world economy, technology, and culture
Document Summary
Social conflict: struggle for power in society. Karl marx: capitalism relationship between law, power, crime, dehumanized workers beaten down. Elite domination through media, fear of crime, fear of poor people crime designed to protect rich. Suprational criminology (study of international crime: war crime, crime against humanity, genocide, human rights violations. Defining crime and justice: poor street crime, middle class petty crimes, wealthy white collar crime. Surplus value: profits from the laboring classes go to business owners (not the workers, as corporations downsize, technology replaces workers. Marginalization: people being outside economic mainstream leads to less bonds to society. Globalization: moving jobs overseas, creation and maintenance of transitional markets. Illegal domestic surveillance: criminal acts committed by government officials usually for profit, human rights violations. Left realism: crime is a function of economic inequality, community deprivation disparity because of capitalism, community based efforts of crime control.