CJUS 700 Quiz 6 Social Reaction
CJUS 700 Quiz: Social Reaction, Social Conflict, & Critical Theories
Week 6
- According to consensus theorists, the role of the state is to:
- is a feminist school of thought that focuses attention on women’s issues by improving women’s opportunities in society.
- Instrumental Marxism suggests that the state is a tool used to protect the interest of the capitalists.
- “Doing gender” is an approach to understanding female criminality that examines:
- Socialist feminism argues that the male-female relationship is governed by:
- Traditional criminological theories fail to address gender differences in treatment by criminal justice system.
- Social feminists believe an egalitarian society is possible after women:
- According to critical theories, those who control the resources in a society determine what behaviors are defined as crime.
- Disorganized authorities have the most power and sophistication.
- According to Willem Bonger, crime among the ruling class is punished while crime among the lower classes is overlooked.
- How is Black’s theory of the behavior law applied to crime victims? How can law be a therapeutic agent for justice-involved individuals?
- What does the social contract represent in critical theories? How does its presence or absence explain crime?