CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Victimology, Left Realism, Differential Association
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Critical criminology combines a wide range of concerns from across the more radical approaches, such as marxism and feminism. It develops a left-wing criminology that is relevant and appropriate for contemporary society. Critical criminology is generally oppositional to conventional criminology and many contemporary policy developments in the field of criminal justice. It is a natural intellectual and strategic partner of both the left realist and restorative approaches. Politically, the perspective retains a strong socialist orientation. It emphasizes the casual significance of capitalism in the generation of and responses to (cid:498)crime(cid:499) There is some confusion and debate surrounding the term (cid:498)critical(cid:499) criminology: the term (cid:498)postmodernism is used in different ways. The term describes a wide range of theoretical and political positions. Risk society: describes new forms of risk related to technological change and globalization of economic, political, and social relationships, there are a series of global threats to life. Definition of crime: crime is defined in terms of oppression, vulnerable groups.
