SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: People Smuggling, Environmental Crime, Corporate Crime
16 Jan 2017
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Four approaches to crime control: conservative approach: Relies on the criminal justice system to deter and incapacitate criminals through incarceration. Originated in belief that all humans possess the capacity for good and evil: liberal approach: Focuses on alleviating social inequalities and providing legitimate opportunities for everyone. Originates in belief that humans are naturally and fundamentally good: critical approach: Addresses both conventional and non-conventional crimes by attempting to eliminate structural inequalities that are the basis of capitalism: integrated and interdisciplinary approach: Attempts to combine two or more complementary theories and knowledge from at least two disciplinary perspectives, in order to produce theories of behavior that can better serve as the foundation for intervention and prevention. Comparative criminology: the study of crime patters and prevention methods in different cultural and national settings. Attempts to develop theories ands strategies that can be applied across cultural and political boundaries. Fairchild (1993) identified three main reasons for criminologists to engage in cross-national and cross-cultural studies:
