Postmodern Explanations of Crime and Deviance Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 post modern explanations of crime and deviance ?
A
- Redefining crime
- Causes of crime: transgressions and edgework
- Causes of crime: consumerism and materialism
- The role of the media
- Surveillance and social control
2
Q
Who argues redefine crime?
A
Henry and Milovanovic
3
Q
What does Henry and Milovanovic argue?
A
That it is no longer possible to identity general causes of crime because crime is a single event by a single individual who is responding to personal and emotional needs
4
Q
Who argues that transgressions and edgework is a cause of crime?
A
Katz and Lyng
5
Q
Who argues that consumerism and materialism is a cause of crime?
A
Young
6
Q
Who argues the role of the media?
A
Kidd-Hewitt and Osborne; Beck
7
Q
Who argues surveillance and crime control?
A
Foucault
