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nummyann

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on: Aug 17, 2018
Outline the social heritage of conflict theory.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Explain what is meant by the social reality of crime.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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swimkari

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Reply #1 on: Aug 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: key points to be made
Protests in many areas of civil unrest, War in Vietnam, The Draft, Civil Rights
Scandal of Watergate leads to less faith in government
Pressure to decriminalize many minor offenses (moral preferences)
Gay rights and Womens rights

Answer to Question 2

Answer: key points to be made
Quinneys intergrative theory combines pluralist conflict with social interactionism, labeling, differential association and social learning theory.
Hard to trust research because reality is just our own perceptions
Philosophical idealism
Crime if product of reaction  most important that of legitimate authorities
Political power to create law mostly targets poor and lower class
Crime is a product of those legal definitions created for us by political powers
Media constructs social reality of non-crime as well as crime


nummyann

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Reply 2 on: Aug 17, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Excellent

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