AJ 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Rape Culture, Masculinity, Left Realism
8 Sep 2020
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Elimination of crime must include the elimination of inequality. Law is not abstract body of rules that represent an objective moral order rather those in power define the law in ways that benefit them. Identify the way social classes crime, & social control are connected. Explaining he role of government & institutional power plays in crime. Examining class bias in the criminal justice system. Demystifying the relationship between a capitalist political economy & criminal law. Crime is a political concept designed to protect the power & position of the upper classes at the expense of the oppressed classes. Supranational crime: war crimes, crimes against humanity, & the penal system in which such crimes are prosecuted & tried. Instrumental theories: criminal law & the criminal justice system are capitalist instruments for controlling the lower classes. Structural theory: criminal law & the criminal justice system are means of defending.
