Marxist criminology - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

CMY1501 Summary & Exam-pack October 2021. Introduction To Criminology. WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY ABOUT? Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of crime. The law consists of all forms of law (criminal law, common law, etc.). A law is a written stature enacted by those legislative bodies that ha...

Credentialism - ANSWER An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field. Crime - ANSWER A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority. Cult - ANSWER Due to the stereotyping, this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements. Cultural relativism - ANSWER The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture. Cultural transmission - ANSWER A school of criminolo...

CMY1501 EXAM PACK 2020. CMY1501 Introduction To Criminology. Which one of the following is not an assumption made by the classical school? (a) All people are by their nature self-seeking and therefor liable to commit crime (b) In order to live in harmony, people agree to give up certain freedoms in order to be protected by a strong central state (c) Punishment is necessary to deter crime and the state has the prerogative to administer it (d) Punishment should be proportionate to the crime (...

Classical: People have free will to choose criminal or conventional behaviours. People choose to commit crime for reasons of greed or personal need. Crime can be controlled only by the fear of criminal sanctions. Founders: Beccaria and Bentham. Juridical. People are motivated by hedonism and to minimise pain. Punishment should fit the crime, not the criminal, and take place publicly as soon as possible after the crime. All persons should be treated equally before the law. Focus is on the act (cr...

Theories of crime Summary 1. Classical and positivist theories 2. Radical criminology 3. Labelling theory 4. Constitutional theories 5. Genetic Explanations 6. Environmental explanations Classical and positivist theories The classical theorists believe in the concept of free will when explaining crime. If the rewards for being a criminal are greater than the retribution it would bring then criminal behaviour seems more likely. This theory would predict that extreme punishments such as...

In depth notes for education (ethnic differences, gender differences, education policy, new right view, marxist view, internal factors for class, ethnicity and internal factors, functionalism view) Crime and Deviance (Media as a cause of crime, punishment, crime prevention and control, crimes of the powerful, class, power and crime, positivist and critical victimology, Neo marxism and crime, marxism and crime, green criminology, globalisation and crime, gender and crime, ethnicity and crime, du...

An in-depth analysis and description of first-year content, including references and detailed information into cyber-violence, cyber-pornography, the CJA, the exposure theory, the internet and crime, recording and reporting crime, victimisation, the 'ideal victim', crime mapping, the cultivation theory, the chivalry theory, the Stephen Lawrence Case, the death penalty, prison overcrowding and much more.

This document contains notes made on week 3 of the lecture and seminar session for the module Society and Justice. This module is studied by Sociology and Criminology degree students. This module is taught for 4 weeks and there is a coursework assessment that students have to complete where they have to choose two topics to discuss from (gender, class, race/ethncity). Week 3 covers the topic Class. Areas covered includes: looking at how sociology has highlighted the injustice of class, crimes of...

CMY1501 Summary of notes - perfect for exam revision. WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY ABOUT? Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of crime. The law consists of all forms of law (criminal law, common law, etc.). A law is a written stature enacted by those legislative bodies that have the authority...

CMY1501 Summary of notes - perfect for exam revision. WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY ABOUT? Criminology is an applied discipline within the human sciences and its field of study includes the scientific study of crime, offenders and victims, the punishment of offenders (criminal justice system) and the prevention (reduction) and control of crime. The law consists of all forms of law (criminal law, common law, etc.). A law is a written stature enacted by those legislative bodies that have the authority...