SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Welfarism, Broken Windows Theory, Critical Race Theory
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Soc205: marx, feminist theory, crt, foucault, new penology. Society is divided by two opposing classes: bourgeoisie (upper class) and proletariat (lower class) People are more likely to be involved in crime due to their social class > lower class especially. Upper class controls politics and how crimes are viewed and prosecuted, giving the lower class a disadvantage. Females offend at a much lower rate than men > 76% of all offenders were male. 1st wave liberal feminism: goal was to integrate women more prominently into society and the cjs (academic criminology as well). Sisters in crime a(cid:396)gues lifti(cid:374)g (cid:396)est(cid:396)ictio(cid:374)s o(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s oppo(cid:396)tu(cid:374)ities i(cid:374) the (cid:373)a(cid:396)ketplace gave them the chance to be crime prone. 2nd wave radical/social/marxist feminism: focused on patriarchy > in the family, the male control of reproduction, sexuality, pornography, sexual crime and domestic violence. 3rd wave postmodern feminism: continued to fight for equality. Gender is socially constructed > men are constructed as the norm.
