CRCJ 4002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Safe Sex, Critical Criminology

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 4002
• Professor: Nicolas Carrier

Document Summary

Look at the debate in legislation prior to youth criminal justice act. Look at how youth are now considered more like adults. No sociology of social problems existed at the time. A lot of studies preoccupied with that is a problem from a objectivist perspective. They refused to see its role as playing dr with society. Don"t look at what is a problem, look at how does society constructs what it regards as its own problems. Social problems: activities of individuals of groups making assertions in terms of grievances and claims in relation to putative condition. The objectivist position will say that some conditions are putative. Constructivist will look at why and how it is considered putative. Constructivist suspend judgement about the ontological reference of the problem. Don"t argue about whether the problem exist or not. Look why it is even considered a problem.