LAW 293 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Corporate Crime, Ethnomethodology, Semiotics
Edgework
seeking excitement in threatening situations on the boundary between life and death
Zemiology
study of harms to society and why some harms are socially constructed as crimes but others are not.
Corporate crime
the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf
Critical criminologists
view emphasising the importance of the crimes of the rich and powerful
Ethnomethodology
Garfinkel's term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings
Semiotics
approach looing at how people glean meaning from symbols
Deconstructionists
Approach focusing on language used to define crime by those with power (postmodernist)
Panopticon
circular prison design in which detainees can always be seen but guards are hidden from prisoners
Enlightenment
C18th movement that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social
institutions
Globalisation
breaking down of traditional barriers between nation states allowing movement of goods, capital,
people and information.
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Non-utilitarian crimes
Crimes where there is no financial gain.
Crisis of masculinity
Decline of traditional male identity due to economic changes (globalisation) and feminism
Criminal subcultures
areas with organised adult crime; criminal role models; young climb professional criminal ladder via
more crimes; normally concerned with utilitarian crimes
Conflict subcultures
areas with limited organised adult crime; young people focus on gaining respect through gang violence.
Retreatist subcultures
young people who have even failed in criminal subcultures ('double failures'); tend to retreat to drugs
and alcohol abuse
Sub-culture types
Criminal; Conflict; Retreatist (Cloward and Ohlin)
Reported Crime
Crime reported to police (some not reported)
Chivalry thesis
belief that the police and courts, because they are male dominated, treat women less harshly
Recorded Crime
Crime that the police add to their official records
Dark Figure Of Crime
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Document Summary
Edgework seeking excitement in threatening situations on the boundary between life and death. Zemiology study of harms to society and why some harms are socially constructed as crimes but others are not. Corporate crime the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf. Critical criminologists view emphasising the importance of the crimes of the rich and powerful. Garfinkel"s term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings. Semiotics approach looing at how people glean meaning from symbols. Approach focusing on language used to define crime by those with power (postmodernist) Panopticon circular prison design in which detainees can always be seen but guards are hidden from prisoners. C18th movement that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. Globalisation breaking down of traditional barriers between nation states allowing movement of goods, capital, people and information.
