Analyze the critical approaches to explaining crime Labeling

Analyze the critical approaches to explaining crime.

� Labeling Theory- emphasizes the criminalization process as the cause of some crime. � Criminalization process- the way people and actions are defined as criminal(How people become criminals)

� Secondary Deviance- costs of crime following the 1 st criminal act and the acceptance of a criminal label. �Primary Deviance- causes of initial criminal acts are vague. �Stigmatized- negatively labeled from a criminal act �Self-fulfilling Prophecy- self image defined by a label � Reintegrating Shaming- Disappointment is expressed for offenders actions

� Conflict Theory- society based on conflict between competing interest groups �Power differentials-ability of some groups to dominate other groups in society. �Relative Powerlessness- the inability to dominate other groups in society

� Radical Theory- theories of crime causation that are generally based on Marxist theory of class struggle �Class Struggle- competing among wealthy and poor people which causes crime

� Left Realist- social scientist who argue that critical criminologist need to redirect their attention to the fear and the very real victimization experienced by working class people (Focus on Fear) � Peacemaking Criminology-solutions to all social problems are transformation of human beings, mutual dependencies, creating communities of caring people, universal social justice( Change people by changing their environment)

� Feminist Theory- focus on women’s experience and seeks to abolish men's control over women’s labor and sexuality. � Postmodernism- are of critical thought which, among other things, attempts to understand the creation of knowledge, and how knowledge and language create hierarchy and domination (hierarchy can cause crime)

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