Essay Comparing Rusche And Kirchheimer's Theory

Additionally, staying with the thought process presented by Hogg (1979), actual correlation of prison rates and production modes was significantly neglected. Hogg mentions that Rusche and Kirchheimer’s thoughts over-stated the conditions within the labor market, when they should have been focusing more on the possible relationship between capitalism and incarceration. The mention of the New York State Penal System above serves, in Hogg’s analysis, an even further limitation of Rusche and Kirchheimer’s work. The actual labor intensive work that was used within the walls of the prison system to produce products is flawed. There is a neglectful explanation in place that does not account for the importance of the political and economic dimensions working in relation (Gardner, 1987). Further, another criticism and question of Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer’s work is stated with the literature presented by D 'Alessio, & Stolzenberg (2002). The quotation to be considered is, “the question of interest is how changes in the aggregate unemployment rate affect the time path of prison admission.” These researchers believe that there were a vast number of limitations that are methodically and theoretically linked to Rusche and Kirchheimer’s work. …show more content…
When it comes to research being validated and factual, there needs to be sound theoretical framework that can stand up to future tests. I do in fact believe that the original theory does have strong framework however, I believe that there could be more added to it, to enable this theory to continue to be built upon. The offender base could have been spread out wider throughout the country so that this information may be generalizable. One of the major limitations that were found was the lack of generalizability due to complex social