Criminology (RCRJ 203) Fall Exam 3 Study GuideUAlbany (Latest Review Update)

Criminology (RCRJ 203) Fall Exam 3 Study GuideUAlbany (Latest Review Update) Mainstream Criminology - ANS-Emphasis on criminal behavior and why people do it; doesn't focus on why it's illegal; assumes consensus worldview, where we all agree on what is right or wrong - Pathology, positivism Objectivism use of scientific method to study and help reduce crime Critical Criminology - ANS-Subordinate Ideology - self-conscious critique of power - Brought on in part by realization that criminal offending is ubiquitous, but we don't all get arrested or treated the same - Asks why certain behaviors are legal in some places but illegal in others 1. Why is law enforced against certain types of people 2. How might does enforcement of law help contribute to crime Asks why criminal justice system is inequality applied Critical Criminology as Ideology - ANS-Circumstances 1. Got idea based on turbulent situation in 1960s and 70s 2. Widespread public questioning of legal authority 3. Radical Social Climate (Kent State massacre against Vietnam Protestors); Emergence of counter-culture (hippies) people who thought victimless crime and promiscuous sex was harmless even though they were criminalized; over a decade of protests for civil rights These 3 things came together to question the benevolence of police Saints & Roughnecks - ANS-