Exam 9: Critical Criminology and Youth Justice in the Risk Society: Issues of Power and Justice

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How does the view that cultural criminologists offer of youth crime differ from that of rational choice theorists?

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Rational choice theory views young people as rational actors who make informed and rational decisions about rule breaking. Cultural criminology focuses on and attempts to explain the emotions that youth experience when engaging in crime and other risky behaviours.

Foucault suggests that power is ________.

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What did Foucault mean by stating that power was creative and positive?

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He argued that power operated at a micro-level and affected everything that humans do. Thus rather than seeing power as simply repressive or negative, he suggested that it was often creative and positive in terms of producing some desirable behaviour or outcome.

In Canada, Indigenous peoples are ________ more likely than non-Indigenous people to be the victim of sexual offending.

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What do Minaker and Hogeveen argue regarding the intergenerational impact of residential schools?

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Cultural criminologists primarily concerned with ________.

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According to critical criminologists, "social justice praxis" is concerned with addressing the systemic conditions of marginalization, exclusion, and social inequality.

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According to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, ________ bears much of the burden for the economic, cultural, and political inequalities faced by Indigenous people today.

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Marginalization refers to the extremes of wealth and poverty in society.

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Explain Jacques Derrida's deconstruction of hospitality.

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Although trained as a philosopher, Foucault saw himself as a criminologist.

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Inner-city spaces and core areas, such as Winnipeg's North End, are often ________.

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Critical criminology ________.

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According to Minaker and Hogeveen, what is missing from most newspaper headlines about "troubling kids" who commit crimes?

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Critical criminologists focus attention on ________.

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How did Foucault view the discipline of criminology?

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Feminist scholarship and critical criminology complement each other but have little in common.

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________ are most likely to report being a victim of violent crime.

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Research carried out by cultural criminologists helps to account for the emotional and visceral elements of crime and deviance.

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________ argued that "justice is a messianic promise of a more just future to come."

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How does the view that cultural criminologists offer of youth crime differ from that of rational choice theorists?

Foucault suggests that power is ________.

What did Foucault mean by stating that power was creative and positive?

In Canada, Indigenous peoples are ________ more likely than non-Indigenous people to be the victim of sexual offending.

What do Minaker and Hogeveen argue regarding the intergenerational impact of residential schools?

Cultural criminologists primarily concerned with ________.

According to critical criminologists, "social justice praxis" is concerned with addressing the systemic conditions of marginalization, exclusion, and social inequality.

According to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, ________ bears much of the burden for the economic, cultural, and political inequalities faced by Indigenous people today.

Marginalization refers to the extremes of wealth and poverty in society.

Explain Jacques Derrida's deconstruction of hospitality.

Although trained as a philosopher, Foucault saw himself as a criminologist.

Inner-city spaces and core areas, such as Winnipeg's North End, are often ________.

Critical criminology ________.

According to Minaker and Hogeveen, what is missing from most newspaper headlines about "troubling kids" who commit crimes?

Critical criminologists focus attention on ________.

How did Foucault view the discipline of criminology?

Feminist scholarship and critical criminology complement each other but have little in common.

________ are most likely to report being a victim of violent crime.

Research carried out by cultural criminologists helps to account for the emotional and visceral elements of crime and deviance.

________ argued that "justice is a messianic promise of a more just future to come."

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