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    Feminist Criminology It is obvious to most people that when it comes to committing crimes of pretty much every different kind‚ it is much more likely that you will find that a man was responsible than a woman. Because of this‚ the field of feminist criminology has developed to help improve outr understanding of why people commit crimes so that policy may be enacted in orderempowered to reduce the prevalence of those crimes. In the United States today‚ not only do women commit fewer crimes‚ but

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    assumption with more realistic explanation of the phenomena. His theory is currently undeniably the most popular one amongst modern sociologists. Culture and social order as a source and‚ surprisingly‚ reason for crime and deviance is obviously less positivist in approach‚ than Durkheim proposed in his work. Notwithstanding‚ Durkheim’s observations on possible social benefits of crime and deviant behaviour are quite important. The idea‚ that crime in fact bonds the society (against this theoretical ‘bad

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    CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Problem Statement The goal of this study is to determine whether there is connection between the rising number of bars and insecurity in Nairobi. This study will gather experiences from a variety of adult residents from one medium-sized shopping center located at the peripheral area of Nairobi‚ called Shauri Moyo. It is located in the immediate east of the city. The proposed study is part of the general area of research problems about the escalating insecurity in

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    "Positivists view the use of scientific methods of research as desirable or preferable and are critical sociologists that use subjective or unobservable mental states." The positivist methodology came from the early sociologist‚ Auguste Comte. He maintained that the application of the methods and assumptions of the natural sciences of the "positive sciences" of society. From this rational came the tenants of positivism or the positivist perspective. Some characteristics of this type of methodology

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    Outline the assumptions and methods of Positivist and Interpretivist approaches to research Social science research can generally be approached in two main ways‚ positivism and interpretivism. ‘For many observers‚ this diversity is a sign of chronic intellectual failure and as an indication of the chaotic state into which the subject has fallen and cannot escape’ (Scott‚ J. 2011. P. 1)‚ however‚ a social researcher may argue that the differences in how research is conducted leads to a broader and

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    FINAL EXAM – SOCIOLOGY 120 SECTION A 1. Social Mobility Common in a class system: an open society Meaning = The movement‚ upwards or down the social hierarchy. Types of Social Mobility: * Vertical mobility Changes-upwards and downwards the social status/classes. * Horizontal Mobility Change that does involve changes in monetary rewards. * Intergenerational mobility Inter: in between‚ generation: 30

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    There is a criminal phenomenon that has been under continuous study by criminologists and has also pre-occupied American society‚ “criminal gangs”. When the general public thinks of the term “gangs”‚ the thought inevitably evokes feelings and images predominately associated with criminal activity that aids to the dilapidation of their neighborhoods and social settings. The term gangs and the crime associated are often viewed differently by the media and law enforcement personnel and even more distinctively

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    Merton’s strain theory; manifest and latent functions; functionalist subcultural theories * Marxist and neo-Marxist theories of crime: classical Marxism‚ laws reflecting class interests; Neo-Marxism‚ hegemony‚ the CCCS studies‚ critical and new criminology * Interactionist theories of crime: labelling theory‚ the self-fulfilling prophecy * Feminist theories of crime: patriarchy‚ male control of women’s lives * Control theory and other contemporary approaches to crime: social bonds‚ communitarianism

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    Education in the Justice Disciplines. Steven Kohm‚ Kelly Gorkof‚ Richard Jochelson‚ and Kevin Walby ............................................................................ 5 Articles Of Big Tents and Handmaidens: he Origins and Evolution of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. Curt T. Griiths and Ted Palys .........................................................................................

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    drug use amongst young people’. Sociology‚ (1997)‚ vol.31‚ no 3‚ pp.511-29. Smith‚ D. (2008) ‘Positivism’. In Goldson‚ B. Dictionary of Youth Justice‚ Cullompton‚ Willan Publishing. Young‚ J (1981) ‘Thinking seriously about crime: some models of criminology’. In Fitgeralg‚ M.‚ McLennan‚ G. and Pawson‚ J. (eds) Crime and Society: Readings in History and Theory‚ London‚ Routledge.

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