CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Intersectionality, Structural Marxism, Relative Deprivation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Nicolas Carrier

Document Summary

Law as an instrument protecting the interest of the dominant class. Shouldn"t try to reform criminal law- revolution that will put an end to the class war. Don"t need revolution- tend to the reality of harm that is caused by. Be sure that criminal law is actually protecting people. Law is made by men for men o. Key idea is that we should strive for relations that avoid authority and. Need a form of order that is local not from the state. Values of the criminal justice system are the values of dominant group. Focus of criminalization as an instrument and body of values of the more powerful groups. Replacing activities of crime control punishment with wider strategy of rule. Associating criminal law to the ruling law as a strategy of warfare. As long as there are class inequalities the criminal system will never be equal for anyone. Law itself does little to promote criminal justice.