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    There are several theories that try to correlate female involvement in crime to the degree of men. The contemporary interest note that delinquency is much lower than the rate of males however they note that females are starting to grow in involvement in serious delinquent acts. A few hypotheses are Masculinity Hypothesis‚ that according to the book is views that have biological and psychological traits similar to men’s. There is another hypothesis called the Chivalry Hypothesis‚ which I feel is more

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    Dec 24‚ 2012 Philo 300A Postmodernism Michel Foucault (1926– 1984)‚ A Biography & Examination of His Theories “Anyway‚ my personal life is not at all interesting. If somebody thinks that my work cannot be understood without reference to such and such a part of my life‚ I accept to consider the question. I am ready to answer if I agree. As far as my personal life is uninteresting‚ it is not worthwhile making a secret of it. By the same token‚ it may not be worthwhile publicizing

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    Danielle Hebert Invisible Power Par 1: John F. Kennedy said‚ “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” This quote shows that when people conform to others‚ it becomes almost impossible to grow and become their own person. Yet‚ in society‚ there are constantly people influencing others to conform on a regular basis. For example‚ bosses expect their employees to behave a certain way and they are disciplined if they do not conform to their rules and regulations. There are also

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    1. Medicalization is defined as being “the way in which increasing areas of social life are seen as falling under the remit of doctors” (Haralambos & Holborn‚ 2008:280). In modern society‚ where science is used to explain and define everything‚ it comes as no surprise that a simple problem‚ such as shyness or embarrassment‚ which can be dealt with by using other means is given a medical term and is dealt with through medical means. A simple and temporary infection such as the flu‚ which could be

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    motifs that Foucault develops consistently is the idea that power is an action that imprints‚ and ultimately has the ability to alter perception through persuasion and authority—the idea of subjugation. The idea of subjugation is that while this is a natural construct in accordance with human behavior‚ it has now been taken over by what is termed as subjugators‚ or more specifically‚ institutions of higher authority. The problem with this is how the subjugators have taken exercised power to individualize

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    crime are surrounding the exercise of power and domination‚ which can be seen through surveillance. He sees the purpose as being self-discipline through surveillance‚ through the shift in punishment from corporal punishment of the physical body in the pre-industrial society‚ to carceral in the post-industrial society. The shift being disciplining the mind and soul rather than the body‚ through prison and control being exerted through surveillance. Bentham’s theory of the Panopticon

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    Michel Foucault’s initial intent was not to analyze the phenomena of power and discourse‚ “nor to elaborate the foundations of such an analysis” (Foucault). His objective was to examine the main aspects of how human beings are made subjects. He came to the conclusion-that in order to understand how individuals become subjects‚ you must acknowledge the power relations within a society. Michel Foucault’s theory of power and discourse was first created/published in his book “Discipline and Punish: The

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    Foucault identifies relationships specifically within society’s and in each it comes down to how power‚ discourses and forms of social control interconnects and associates to how social control is regulated and determine how to authority controls crime within a social structure. The developments of discipline and increasing surveillance through the increasing rates of hospital/asylum‚ as apposed to analysing prisons and punishment through physical torture and focus on a process in which develops

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    Foucault and Nietzsche share similar genealogies regarding the relationship of body and power in “modern” humans. However‚ Foucault adapted Nietzsche’s concepts as stepping-stones for different genealogical theories. Largely in regard as to how moderns were made through the training and discipline of bodies. According to Foucault‚ the individual is a modern concept‚ that whose origin‚ or genealogy was constructed from institutions power. For Nietzsche‚ the individual is an effect of social relationships

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    History of Sexuality Will of Knowledge‚ Vol. 1 Michel Foucault‚ 1976 About Foucault Michel Foucault (1926-1984) is one of the prominent sociologists in the contemporary world. He held a chair at the prestigious Collège de France with the title "History of Systems of Thought‚" and also taught at the University at Buffalo and the University of California‚ Berkeley. Some of Foucault’s major contributions have been in the area of power and knowledge. He wrote frequently for French newspapers

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