Sociological Theories of Crime
Students will evaluate functionalist, Marxist, and interactionist perspectives on the causes of crime and deviance. They will assess how different paradigms explain rule-breaking behaviour.
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Students will evaluate functionalist, Marxist, and interactionist perspectives on the causes of crime and deviance. They will assess how different paradigms explain rule-breaking behaviour.
Key Questions
- How do functionalists explain the inevitability of crime?
- In what ways does capitalism generate crime according to Marxists?
- How does labelling theory explain the social construction of deviance?
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