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18 Cards in this Set
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White, Haines and Eisler argue that critical theories comprise both _______ and ________ approaches.
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Structuralist and postmodern approaches
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Do critical theories incorporate feminist and marxist knowledge?
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Yes
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When were critical theories developed? What is the hallmark of this period?
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In an age of profound uncertainty, the hallmark has been rapid change (technological innovation, concentration of wealth)
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On the structuralist side, what do critical criminologists examine?
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The structure of exploitation and oppression
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Like Marx, what do structuralist criminologists maintain? What do they say is included in the exploitation of groups?
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Capitalism is criminogenic; exploitation of groups includes the negative effects of labelling
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What do critical theorists say about women in terms of state oppression, poverty, crime, domestic treatment?
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- they're more vulnerable to state oppression
- they're more likely to experience poverty - they're more likely to be involved in property crime than any other type of crime - they're more likely to be subjected to domestic violence |
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Structuralism and race - what do they say about the criminal justice system
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That it is "racialized," for example, look at starlight tours. Note that first nations are incarcerated at a higher rate than other races.
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Structuralism and social class - the state definitions of crime largely revolve around what?
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Around street crime rather than corporate or white-collar crime
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What is more costly in financial and physical terms, white-collar crime or street crime?
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White-collar crime
Examples: Ford Pinto case, Westray mining disaster |
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Postmodern - what do they focus on?
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- Meaning
- Social difference - Discourse anaylsis - Deconstruction |
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What is the importance of language according to postmodernists? Language is affected by what?
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Language -----> meaning.
Language is affected by your particular perspective |
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Postmodernists - why are ideological forces important to understand?
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They're important to understand in the explanation of crime and deviance
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Postmodernists - what exists in language?
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Power
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Do postmodernists believe inequality is a materially based phenomenon?
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Only partly
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Postmodernists - key idea about language
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Language structures thought
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Postmodernists - key ideas about "truth" and social theories
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1) There's no "objective truths," only difference ways of interpreting the social world
2) There are many truths, social theories are "grand narratives" |
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Postmodernists - example of marginalizing discourse?
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Self-interest groups in Alberta
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Postmodernists - Oppression is experienced on the basis of what 3 things?
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Sex, race/ethnicity, and social class
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