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Chapter 5: Crime and Control (pg 148-165)

Chapter 5: Crime and Control (pg 148-165). By Dana Mandelman & Dave Lewis. Outline. Rashomon Principle Causes of Crime The Criminal Justice System Jeopardy & Discussion Questions. Rashomon Principle. Whites see racism as the result of a few bad apples Authorities role

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Chapter 5: Crime and Control (pg 148-165)

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  1. Chapter 5: Crime and Control(pg 148-165) By Dana Mandelman & Dave Lewis

  2. Outline • Rashomon Principle • Causes of Crime • The Criminal Justice System • Jeopardy & Discussion Questions

  3. Rashomon Principle • Whites see racism as the result of a few bad apples • Authorities role • Blacks are over policed & under policed • Profiling leads to fear, over incarceration, fewer job opportunities, poverty, alienation & more crime

  4. Causes of Crime: Functionalism • Anomie • Subculture • Strain Functionalism Defined... Society has a number of interrelated and necessary elements. Each element is seen as having equal important function for the maintenance of a particular society

  5. Conflict Theory • Inequality & domination • Competition between social classes is inevitable • Role of the ruling class Conflict Theory Defined... Race and ethnic relations are interpreted as competitively different groups that compete for scarce resources in contexts that favour some groups, not others

  6. Social Interactionism • Criminal activity through interaction • Deviant subcultures • Labeling theory

  7. Matching solutions with perspectives • Is there really one universal definition for crime? • Who should we blame for crime?

  8. The Criminal Justice System • Policing • Main source of formal control • Courts • Attempt to seek alternatives • Corrections • Is incarceration the answer? Quick Statistic... The Criminal Justice System as a whole costs governments at least $10 billion a year. (Office of the Auditor General of Canada)

  9. Rethinking Criminal Justice • Over incarceration of minorities • What can be done to curb this problem? • Alternative sentences & restorative justice practices are a start

  10. Jeopardy Rules • First groups picks a question • Whichever group puts their hand up first gets to try and answer to question. • If he/she gets the answer wrong, your team loses that amount of points • If he/she gets the answer right then the team gets the points and gets to pick the next question • When a discussion question is picked all the groups get a chance to give their input and I will decided who had the best answer. That team will receive 800 points • Team with the most points at the end get a prize

  11. Jeopardy

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