CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Inequality, Class Conflict, Cultural Feminism
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Marxist theory: *on exam explain marxist theory. Historical context: lived in a time where industrialization and capitalism was expanding, developed historical materialism. That is a theory of society that frames historical development around class conflict and economic changes: economic organization determines society. 1950"s/60"s when the american dream began to break down and critique on the dominant social norms: pluralism: society is not a unitary whole but made up of diverse ethnic, class, religious interest. Crimes of the poor are severely sanctioned, and crime of the wealthy are not sanctioned as harshly or not even described as crimes butl they should be: two motivations of crime: Applying marxist criminology * first example that you need to explain on exam. Increasing demand for economical subcompact cars in the 1960"s. 2008 financial crisis: worst financial crisis since the great depression, crisis in mortgage markers turning into a full blown baking crisis. Prison industrial complex: the overlapping of prison and capitalist industries.
