SOCI244 Key Premises of All 8 Perspectives
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This document provides an overview of key premises from different perspectives in criminology. It covers various theories, including those grounded in concepts of opportunity, culture, gender, and environmental concerns. The summary focuses on the basis of these theories.
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SOCI244 - KEY PREMISES OF ALL 8 PERSPECTIVES Opportunity theories key premise: Grounded in the idea that humans act rationally, opportunity theories seek to prevent and control crime by making the potential cost of committing a crime greater than its potential benefit Cultural criminology key prem...
SOCI244 - KEY PREMISES OF ALL 8 PERSPECTIVES Opportunity theories key premise: Grounded in the idea that humans act rationally, opportunity theories seek to prevent and control crime by making the potential cost of committing a crime greater than its potential benefit Cultural criminology key premise: Grounded in the idea that crime is culturally meaningful, cultural criminology explores the dynamics and meaning-making processes surrounding crime, transgression and control Gender theories key premise: grounded in the idea of gender as socially constructed, gender theories in criminology focus on how gendered experiences of the world shape criminal offending, victimisation and responses to crime Green criminology key premise: Grounded in the idea that not all harms are crimes, green criminology studies environmental destruction and the inequalities it generates. Decolonial criminology key premise: Grounded in the idea that criminology often reinforces colonial power structures, decolonial criminology centres the experiences of groups affected by colonialism to challenge criminological knowledge. Life course criminology Key premise: Grounded in the idea that criminal behaviour changes over time, life-course criminology explores individual and social factors and transitions that influence the emergence, persistence or desistance of criminal behaviour Ultra-realist criminology key premise: Grounded in the idea that human action is rooted in the psychoanalytic and socio-economic structures of society, ultra-realist criminology explores how capitalism shapes criminal or harmful behaviour. Biopsychosocial theories premise: Grounded in the idea that criminal offending cannot be understood through only one lens, BPS integrates biological, psychological, and social factors to explain criminal behaviour.
