stigma and demonisation and marginalisation Flashcards
what part of society does CJS FOCCUS ON?
POOR
HOW IS AUSTERITY AND PENALISATION LEGIMITISED?
CONSTRUCT GENEROUS WELFARE AS PROBLEM CAUSING , CONSTRUCT WELFARE RECIEVERS AS UNDERSEVING
HOW IS SOCIAL POLICY CRIMINILISED
RECASTING OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS AS NEEDING CJS SOLUTION. DEVIANTS ARE TEMPTED THEY CHOSE VOLUNATRILY TO BE DEVIANT RATHER THAN OTHER SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AS INDIVIDUAL FAILINGS?
STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY AND STATE NOT CRITISEID IT IS ALWAYS THE INDIVIDUASL FAULT.
For the most part we gain our understandings ofcrime and deviance from the media (Greer, 2009)
MEDIA
mediatised age we live in?
social attitudes
the power of propaganda of poverty
hides real causes and stigmatises the poor as the problem for crime. some children in care stand at a higher risk of getting contact with the criminal justice system.