CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Critical Criminology, Synecdoche, Labeling Theory
10 Oct 2017
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Break down modern theorist into a 4 quadrant model & canvases: types of questions, methodologies employed, level of analysis, treatment of time (temporality, voice of theory (what is the emphasis) The 4 quadrant model is based on 2 axes: level of analysis. Macro or micro: temporality slice of time synchronic. Micro synchronic theories: acts/individuals/behaviour, why do some people commit crime, metaphor resemblance. Lo(cid:373)(cid:271)roso"s theories racist comparisons: social learning theory. Interactions: what is the process by which individuals come to be define as a criminal, metonymy-essence. Impact if the image, impact of labels, label beings an identity. Children grow up keeping labels that they were given all their lives, they act upon it later on. It sticks with the person, eats away at them in the long run and as time goes on (over time it takes a toll on a person.
