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Critical criminology's major premise?
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The major premise of the theory is that the capitatlist means of production creates class conflict. The criminal justice system is an agent of class warfare.
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The strengths of critical criminology?
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It accounts for the association between economic structure and crime rates.
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Major premise of Structural Critical theory?
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That the law is designed to sustain the capitalist economic structure.
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The major strength of Structural Critical theory?
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It explains the existence of white-collar crime and business control laws.
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What is the major premise of Left Realism?
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Class conflicts create crime
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Strength of Left Realism?
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It provides a fair and humane prescription for crime control in an unjust society.
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What is the major premise of Critical Feminist Theory?
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Is that gender conflict in male-dominated patriarchal societies create crime.
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Strength of Critical Feminist Theory?
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It explains how gender differences in the crmie rate are a function of capitalist competition and the exploitation of women.
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What is Marginalization?
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Displacement of workers, pushing them outside the economic and social mainstream.
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