CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Feminist School Of Criminology, Critical Criminology, Radical Feminism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Amanda L.Butler

Document Summary

Conflict is a fundamental aspect of social life. Groups are defined by political, economical or social standing. Crime is a result of conflict between those who have and have not. Radical criminology critical criminology feminist criminology peacemaking criminology: restorative justice left-realist. Radical criminology causes of crime rooted in social conditions: empower upper classes & disenfranchise lower class, bourgeoisie (haves) vs. proletariat (have-nots, capitalism. Marxism structural: law and cjs perpetuate existing power relations, capitalism is a self-sustaining system, law and cjs tools of powerful to control poor instrumental radical criminology today. Chambliss and seidman (1971: upper class criminals are more apt to escape apprehension and punishment because of. A very rational choice on the part of the legal system to pursue those violators that the community will reward them for pursuing and to ignore those violators who have the capability for causing trouble for the agencies . Does address social inequality: race, class, gender.