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Social Conflict Emphasis Theories:

Ñ"Ю Critical Theory (Marxist, Feminist, Environmental Criminology)

Ñ"б concerned with issues of oppression and injustice which stem from structural inequalities in resource allocation and decision making power.

Ñ"б structure of capitalism creates opportunities for crimes of the powerful.

Ñ"б law enforcement and criminalization may have limited value since state has an active interest in maintaining good relations with the monopoly capitalists.

Ñ"Ю Strain Theories

Ñ"Ю Institutional anomie theory (Messner and Rosenfeld, 1997)

Ñ"Ю Combination of strong pressures to succeed monetarily and weak restraints on the means encourages people to use illegal means to achieve culturally approved goals.

Ñ"Ю Control and Differential Opportunity Theories

Ñ"Ю Combination of low self-control and presented with an opportunity to engage in criminal activity (Hirschi and Gottfredson)

Ñ"Ю Differential Association (Edwin Sutherland)

Ñ"Ю Corporate leaders commit crimes as a result of learning from others both techniques and rationalizations.

Ñ"Ю corporations create pressures on executives and managers to ÐŽ§cut cornersЎЁ, to achieve organizational goals for which they will be rewarded.

- Question for Canadian Criminal Justice

Ñ"Ю Q. How to ensure public safety while guaranteeing justice in a free society?

Ñ"Ю A. Balancing INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS vs. PUBLIC ORDER