What is the problem with interactionist and labeling theories? Interactionist and labeling theory is how crime and the behavior of crime are defined as well as how people who commit criminal acts are looked at in society (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). The problem with these theories is that not all people who commit crimes are bad people. Being labeled a criminal or less than desirable person because of a lapse of judgement or even a thought out plan that resulted in a criminal act does not define a person, depending on the crime. The criminal justice program does not differentiate between a person who is a one-time offender and a career criminal often times. As a result, society who looks at the arrest apps on their mobile device sees a person arrested
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If a person’s construes that he or she is looked at as a bad person or a criminal, then they are more apt to believe it as well (Bohm & Vogel, 2011).
Describe the four different types of feminist thought. The earliest of the different types of feminist thoughts was non-radical liberal feminism (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). Liberal feminists operate within society and attempt to knock down the social indifferences between men and women when it comes to equal opportunity and rights in all career fields as well as freedom to make any choice they desire. When it comes to crime, liberal feminists believe in gender socialization as the main malefactor (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). Radical feminism believes that patriarchy holds women back and allows men to prosper. Radical feminism is a philosophy “emphasizing the patriarchal roots of inequality between men and women, or, more specifically, social …show more content…
Most developmental theorists believe that criminal behavior, particularly serious criminal behavior begins in childhood when children learn to bully, lie, and cheat (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). The second stage that developmental theorists look at is the continuity of a person’s life and if it is stable or not, which more than likely leads to criminal behavior if a person’s behavior pattern is unbalanced. A person who lives an unbalanced life with a less than desirable behavior pattern is often referred to as “career criminals” because they often live a life of crime (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). The third stage that developmental theorists focus on is a turning point in a person’s life where he or she decides to become a law abiding citizen. Peer pressure, social bonds, and the risk verses the reward play a huge role in why a person chooses to head in a different path when it comes to criminal activity. An example of this would be a person getting out of a gang in their late teens and early twenties because they see the path that they are heading is more than likely going to end with them dead or incarcerated. The final stage of offending that developmental theorist’s focus on when it comes to criminal development is desistance or “the process through which an offender stops offending” (Bohm & Vogel, 2011, p. 150). When I think of
If a person’s construes that he or she is looked at as a bad person or a criminal, then they are more apt to believe it as well (Bohm & Vogel, 2011).
Describe the four different types of feminist thought. The earliest of the different types of feminist thoughts was non-radical liberal feminism (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). Liberal feminists operate within society and attempt to knock down the social indifferences between men and women when it comes to equal opportunity and rights in all career fields as well as freedom to make any choice they desire. When it comes to crime, liberal feminists believe in gender socialization as the main malefactor (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). Radical feminism believes that patriarchy holds women back and allows men to prosper. Radical feminism is a philosophy “emphasizing the patriarchal roots of inequality between men and women, or, more specifically, social …show more content…
Most developmental theorists believe that criminal behavior, particularly serious criminal behavior begins in childhood when children learn to bully, lie, and cheat (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). The second stage that developmental theorists look at is the continuity of a person’s life and if it is stable or not, which more than likely leads to criminal behavior if a person’s behavior pattern is unbalanced. A person who lives an unbalanced life with a less than desirable behavior pattern is often referred to as “career criminals” because they often live a life of crime (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). The third stage that developmental theorists focus on is a turning point in a person’s life where he or she decides to become a law abiding citizen. Peer pressure, social bonds, and the risk verses the reward play a huge role in why a person chooses to head in a different path when it comes to criminal activity. An example of this would be a person getting out of a gang in their late teens and early twenties because they see the path that they are heading is more than likely going to end with them dead or incarcerated. The final stage of offending that developmental theorist’s focus on when it comes to criminal development is desistance or “the process through which an offender stops offending” (Bohm & Vogel, 2011, p. 150). When I think of