Postmodernism Flashcards
What do post modernists argue?
It’s necessary to go beyond narrow legal definitions of crime and develop a wider conception of crime based on justice and respect for peoples chosen identities and lifestyles
Henry and Milonovic- crime?
Postmodernism rejects grand narratives that its due to science, it’s ultimately due to social construction
Believe the transgressive aproach that crime is now seen as the use of power to show disrespect for and causing harm to others legal or not
2 forms of harm
Henry and Milovanic- 2 forms of harm?
Harm of reduction
Harm of repression
H&M- harm of repression?
Power is used to restrict future human development
This particular form of harm spreads the net to a wider range of actions which are not illegal nor taken seriously e.g. sexual harassment, disability, homophobia
Harm of reduction?
Power is used to cause a victim to experience some immediate loss or injury
Levin and Mcdevitt- hate crime?
Perpertrators of some hate crime committed against others, due to gender, religion, sexual orientation and ethnicity
Deriving thrills, excitement and pleasure to escape every day routines by inflicting suffering in those perceived different
What sociologist takes about society being more individualistic?
Fouclaut
Individualistic- consumer culture Fouclaut?
Helps promote individualism,we are free or obligations to others thus leading us to crime
Grand narratives led to disintegration of traditional suppliers of norms and values ,meaning society’s fragmented leading to uncertainty and individual choice
Individualism and crime fauoclaut?
Each crime becomes a one of event of expressing whatever identity an individual chooses and is motivated by an infinite number of individual causes including emotional reason
E.g. low self esteem may be overcome via criminality as it its designed to earn respect from others harm (violence against police officers)
Also there is no specific social cause of crime e.g. kats (crime is thrill sneaking) and Lyng (edgework)
1) conflict and identity
2) choice for buzz and thrill
3) too much choice can lead to low self esteem e.g. incels
Who talks about crime and surveillance?
Foucault
Fouclaut- survailance?
Survailance is penetrating more into private aspects of our life aided by new survailance like CCTV monitoring our life, as well as gated communities and data collection via consumer tracking
- In PM people are regarded as consumers and coustimere rather than citizens with rights, seduced and co-opted to avoidance of social harm by participation in consumer society, those not seduced as they can’t afford to participate face striker control such as repressive policing
Who talks about risk society?
Beck
Who talks about difference and resentment?
Denzin
Denzin- differences and resentment?
Big gaps between expectations and achievement resulting in culture resentment
Society is a big global village connected by mass media highlighting how different we are
So people exposed to what they can’t have
Who talks about incoherence?
Levin and McDevitt
Incoherence- levin and mcdevitt what is this?
This is the state of being unclear disjointed or nonsneile
Causes crime due to thrill seaking and exhillerance
