Analogous Social Injury correct answers "Harm caused by acts or conditions that are legal but
produce consequences similar to those produced by illegal acts."
-Lawmaking is literally a political process where money and power matter
-Laws change our perception for crime
Habitual Offender Laws correct answers person that has committed numerous crimes
*three strikes and you're out
-habitual offender laws apply to street criminals but do not apply to corporate entities
--enhanced prison terms for repeat felony offenders
Chinese Exclusionary Act of 1882 correct answers *Outlawed opium among Chinese but not
whites*
After the transcontinental road was finished Asian (Chinese) labor was no longer needed & to
control the surplus population the Chinese Exclusionary Act was passed
Crack Cocaine v. Powder Cocaine correct answers required a 5 year mandatory sentence for
possession of 500 grams of powder cocaine or 5 grams of crack cocaine
Now:
Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 changed the ratio of crack cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1.
, Marxist Feminism correct answers concerned with the way the criminal justice system under
capitalism serves the interest of the ruling class at the expense of the lower classes.
-View the oppression of women as an extension of the oppression of the working class.
-impossible to obtain equal opportunity in a class society in which the wealth produced by the
powerless ends up in the hands of the few (men). Male oriented
-want to remove male oriented laws and make it about the people
Socialist Feminism correct answers argues that women are oppressed not only because of their
subordinate economic position but also because of their "class" as women
Goals:
-Eradicate Patriarchy
-Change capitalism in a way that works for both men and women.
Radical Feminism correct answers tends to focus on female victims, particularly survivors of
gendered violence such as domestic violence and sexual assault.
*Argue that the source of the problem is male-dominated society.
-believe transformation must happen to all the cultural and social institutions.
-Self-determinism outside and inside their sexual and parental roles.
Postmodern Feminism correct answers questions both the essentialism of other feminisms and
the absolutism of truth.