Outline and assess Marxist theories of crime and deviance. (50 marks) Marxists argue that the nature and organisation of capitalism‚ creates the potential for criminal behaviour. Gordon states that capitalism is characterised by class inequalities in the distribution of‚ for example‚ wealth and income‚ poverty‚ unemployment and homelessness. Gordon argues that the ideology of capitalism encourages criminal behaviour in all social classes. The term ‘crime’ means behaviour that breaks the law. For
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Jesus Guadarrama Ms. LaPorta English 100 15 December 2011 Hidden side of mankind Throughout history‚ execrable acts of corrupt human behavior have stunned mankind. While one might not see themselves capable of committing acts of torture towards others‚ and possibly killing another human being‚ experiments and real historical events have proven that there is a gruesome side within human beings expressed when placed in a position of power or control. Those who are not in that position expect
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Wal-Mart’s exponential buying power is forcing smaller‚ local rivals out of business and is driving factories out of America. This results in job loss and the destruction of established business communities stunting the economic development of the retail sector. According to Smith’s “Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of the Nations” (1776)‚ free competition is the only regulator that allows the individual’s pursuit of self interest to be directed towards the total benefit of society
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of nature by scientific discoveries were prevalent‚ especially after Giovanni Aldini’s attempt to reanimate a corpse through a process called galvanism. Shelley’s work clearly reflects contextual concerns that were prevalent at the time‚ as she criticises the social exemplar with Romantic notions of inspiration through Nature. In the extract‚ Robert Walton‚ an Englishman with a passion for seafaring‚ acknowledges‚ the “lands surpassing in wonders and in beauty” and describes his attachment to Nature
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How groups can influence people in positive and negative ways People have many different roles in life‚ these roles serve many different purposes. It is in these roles we find we belong to different groups this makes up our social identity. It is these groups that can have negative or positive effect on ourselves. People can be part of the ’in-group ’ or the ’out-group ’. The ’in-group ’ being people who belong to the group which we consider we also belong to. The ’out-group ’ being people
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Social conformity is a kind of social influence on human beings that changes their behavior or in order to fit in with others in a group. Throughout the history‚ social scientists have done plenty of experiments related to social conformity. In the 1950s‚ a psychologist called Solomon Asch conducted the well-known Asch conformity experiments‚ demonstrating the impact of social pressure on individual behavior. Participants were told that they were in an experiment on vision. With a group of other
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Compare and contrast the extent to which both novels comment and criticise on the societies which they are set in. We are introduced to both novels in the 1920s elite society where both authors; Waugh and Fitzgerald are from an upper class society. Fitzgerald cultivates the character Jay Gatsby who we perceive purely from Nick who is an onlooker throughout the novella. Readers interpret Gatsby’s social structure as a triangle and we learn to commiserate him whereas Waugh invents the character
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they grew older and become increasingly ’individual’ and isolated (less concerned with the expectations of others). He argued that it was appropriate and healthy for older people to withdraw from others - disengagement was a natural part of ageing. Zimbardo (1992) argued that ‘The disengagement view of social ageing has been largely discredited for a number of reasons’. The majority of older people do remain socially involved with family and friends and many older people become more involved with their
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There are many different sociologists that criticises Durkheim’s research into suicide. Some sociologist focus on the flaws of statistical data that may affect the validity of Durkheim’s research whereas others have opposing arguments of their own. The first sociologist that crises Durkheim is Taylor. Taylor takes the interactionist approach to the idea of suicide and created his own theory on the types of suicide. Taylors first types of suicide is called Submissive suicide. Submissive suicide is
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