Three Theories Of Class And Crime

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Class structure within the criminal justice system helps determine the types of crimes individuals will commit. There are 3 Theories of Class & Crime that are described to explain crime in terms of the social environment, including the family, school, peer group, workplace, community, and society. The first theory of Class & Crime is History of All Hitherto Class Struggle by Karl Marx (1968). He was influenced that the forces of production in an industrial civilization gave the simple tools for the community to change. Therefore, social conflict will eventually overthrow the production. Meaning, abused classes will run riot against their dictators. For instance, Marx considers that any one is the holder of equality, one is the subject who …show more content…

The elements in this theory I agree with is the skills, proper opinions, attitude, apparel, behaviour, material properties, etc. which gains through being part of a specific social class. Therefore, with the same involvement with others forms of racial resources with others such as the same taste in clothes or same taste in movies, forms a sense of mutual personality and group position. But Bourdieu also suggests that racial resources is the most important source of social inequality. Assured forms of social resources are respected over others, and can help or hold back one’s social flexibility just as much as wages or riches. Moreover, I wouldn’t change anything with this theory. However, it is just as important to examine theories of class and crime as it relates to issues in diversity because these findings also demonstrate how quantitative lines up to study male and female crime within a race, class, and gender …show more content…

The principal of empowerment lies in the capability of a woman to control her own purposes. Previously in the 70’s, being an empowered women wasn’t an option. They didn’t have equal capabilities such as education to achieve literacy, health and equal access to resources and opportunities such as employment with same wage as men. However, to use those rights, skills, resources, and opportunities to make deliberate decisions such as providing through management opportunities and involvement in political organizations, weren’t an option either. Also women wanted to live without the fear of pressure and violence threw out those historical times. Because the stereotype for women was the proper place for them to be was home while men worked to provide for his family. These boundaries have made men the guardians of what has been taught and understood concerning gender and the placement of men and women in society. However, this perspective has changed over the years. Women have now stepped outside of those powerless limits of domesticity and have now been recognized as gender equality. Women today in society now have strengthen opportunities for a proper education, assurance for sexual and reproductive health and rights, abolish gender discrimination in employment by decreasing women’s dependence as a house wife as an employment, increased women’s share of seats in

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