Criminology 2011
Chapter 9
SOCIOLOGICAL
THEORIES:
CRITICAL
PERSPECTIVES
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
9.1
Appreciate the relativist definition of crime and deviance.
9.2
Understand how deviant labels are imposed.
9.3
Be familiar with the negative consequences of labeling.
9.4
9.5
Be able to critique labeling theory based upon the text's
discussion, and be familiar with the theory's revision and
renewal.
Understand the distinction between consensus and conflict
perspectives in sociology.
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
9.6
Be familiar with the major conflict perspectives in
criminology.
9.7
Be familiar with the major radical theories in criminology.
9.8
Be familiar with the different feminist perspectives in criminology
and appreciate the scope of feminist theory and research.
9.9
Understand the recent developments in feminist theory.
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.1
Appreciate the relativist definition of
crime and deviance.
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9.1
Deviance is not a property of
behavior, but result of how others
regard the behavior
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.2
Understand how deviant labels are
imposed.
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9.2
“Saints and Roughnecks”
People in power impose definitions of deviance on
behaviors committed by people without power.
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.3
Be familiar with the negative
consequences of labeling.
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9.3
9
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.4
Be able to critique labeling theory
based upon the text's discussion, and
be familiar with the theory's revision
and renewal.
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9.4
Critiques of…
Labeling Theory
Research Fails to Consistently
Support Its Arguments
Overly Passive View of the
Individual
Fails to Explain Primary
Deviance
Ignores Crimes by the Powerful
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.5
Understand the distinction between
consensus and conflict perspectives
in sociology.
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9.5
Consensus
vs.
Conflict
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.6
Be familiar with the major conflict
perspectives in criminology.
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9.6
Marx and the
Conflict
Tradition
Turk’s Theory
of
Criminalization
Sellin’s Culture
Conflict
Vold’s Group
Conflics
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.7
Be familiar with the major radical
theories in criminology.
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9.7
Radical Theories in Criminology
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Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
9.8
Be familiar with the different feminist
perspectives in criminology and
appreciate the scope of feminist
theory and research.
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9.8
Feminist Perspectives
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9.8
Victimization of
Women
Gender
Difference in
Crime
Explanations of
Women’s
Criminality
Women in the
Criminal
Justice System
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CHAPTER SUMMARY
9.1
Appreciate the relativist definition of crime and deviance.
9.2
Understand how deviant labels are imposed.
9.3
Be familiar with the negative consequences of labeling.
9.4
9.5
Be able to critique labeling theory based upon the text's
discussion, and be familiar with the theory's revision and
renewal.
Understand the distinction between consensus and conflict
perspectives in sociology.
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CHAPTER SUMMARY
9.6
Be familiar with the major conflict perspectives in
criminology.
9.7
Be familiar with the major radical theories in criminology.
9.8
Be familiar with the different feminist perspectives in criminology
and appreciate the scope of feminist theory and research.
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Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 • All Rights Reserved