Exam 8: Critical Criminology and Restorative Justice

According to the instrumental view of critical criminology, the poor may or may not commit more crimes than the rich but:

Marx claimed that the character of every civilization is determined by its mode of production.

Critical theorists believe that the motives of multinational corporations for providing jobs in third-world counties is to:

Empirical examinations of power-control theory find that girls who grow up in egalitarian families are more likely to be delinquent than girls who grow up in paternalistic families.

In 1848, Karl Marx issued his famous:

Rather than punishment and prison, peacemaking scholars advocate such policies as:

Explain sentencing circles and how they differ from other, more traditional types of punishment (e.g., incarceration).

In egalitarian families, fathers assume the traditional role of breadwinners, while mothers tend to have menial jobs or remain at home to supervise domestic matters.

Left-realists argue that police should reduce their use of force, increase their sensitivity to the public, and be more responsive to community needs.

Explain the concept of peacemaking criminology and how it differs from other forms of conflict criminology.

The view held by Marx that the laboring class produces goods whose value exceeds that of wages is known as:

The racial threat hypothesis states that as the number of minority group members in the community increases, law enforcement agents become more punitive.

Hegel argued that for every idea, or thesis, there exists an opposing argument, or _________, that results in a merger or synthesis.

Describe Karl Marx's economic theory and how conflict criminologists associate Marxist thought with crime. Connect Marxist thought with the issue of globalization.

Critical analysis shows that despite legal controls the use of the death penalty seems to be skewed against racial minorities

Within Marxist thought, the people who perform the actual work are called:

Define patriarchy , and discuss the differences between a paternalistic family and an egalitarian family.

What are the important themes and concepts to which critical criminologists devote their attention today?

Hegel argued that for every idea, or thesis, there exists an opposing argument or:

The desire for ___________was one of the primary reasons for Japan's invasion of China and other Eastern nations that sparked their entry into World War II.