Soci 325 - Conflict Theory

Front 1

What did Liazos say people were wrongfully concentrating on?

Back 1

The individual; street criminals

Front 2

Liazos located what 3 biases within labelling theory?

Back 2

1) Attempt to humanize "deviants"

2) Sensationalism

3) "Top dogs" left untreated

Front 3

What did Marx believe was responsible for deviance?

Back 3

Capitalism: as it created the divide between proletariat (working class) and the bourgeoisie (corporate elite)

Front 4

In the conflict perspective, who owns the means of production?

Back 4

The bourgeoisie

Front 5

Power in society is derived from what, according to conflict theory?

Back 5

Power is derived from wealth accumulation

Front 6

Conflict theorists define deviance in relation to what?

Back 6

In relation to the economy

Front 7

What are the 3 logical routes to take in conflict theory, in terms of their perspective on the causes of crime and deviance?

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1) If you're wealthy, you have more resources to protect yourself from prosecution

2) Poverty and need cause crime

3) Our society has an illusion where corporate actions are deemed inevitable byproducts of economic endeavors, whereas individual actions are considered criminal

Front 8

What did Bonger say caused crime?

Back 8

Economic conditions

Front 9

According to Bonger, primitive societies required what?

Back 9

Altruism

Front 10

According to Bonger, what did capitalism surplus create?

Back 10

The opportunity for selfishness

Front 11

According to Bonger, capitalist societies generate need and the desire for crime, yet _______ those most _________ by __________

Back 11

Yet punish those most victimized by social inequality

Front 12

What did William Chambliss examine?

Back 12

Vagrancy (unemployed) laws in Western Europe

Front 13

What did William Chambliss conclude based on his examinations?

Back 13

Criminal/deviant labels are largely applied to the proletariat (the working class)

Front 14

What do Taylor, Walton and Young say about capitalism?

Back 14

That it is criminogenic; based on exploitation and oppression

Front 15

What do Taylor, Walton and Young say results in crime?

Back 15

Individual choice

Front 16

Who is deviant in a capitalist society?

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Environmentalists, trade union activists, those who don't have children etc

Front 17

Why did Marx believe capitalism would fall? In other words, what does that mean?

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Because of its "inherent contradictions." In other words, people become too poor to sustain the capitalist system. It becomes too exploitive.