Rai Reece-Racism
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Professor Rai Reece discusses racism and how it affects our world, specifically the criminal justice system.
Professor Rai Reece outlines how race is socially constructed and how it affects every facet of our world. In terms of the criminal justice system, Professor Reece explains how racism affects the courts, policing, and even how laws are created and enforced and how institutional and systemic racism is detrimental to our society.
To learn more search:
Black Male Disproportionality in the Criminal Justice Systems of the USA, Canada, and England: a comparative analysis of incarceration, by Bryan Warde on Humber Libraries
Race and Criminal Justice in Canada, by Charles Reasons; Melinda Bige; Christianne Paras; Simranjit Arora on Humber Libraries
http://www.crrf-fcrr.ca/images/stories/pdf/ePubFaShRacJusSys.pdf
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Shara Stone-Critical Race Theory
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Professor Shara Stone discusses critical race theory.
Professor Shara Stone explains that there are 5 central tenants of critical race theory. Professor Stone also further outlines how race affects our world and how to critically examine how it formed, and continues, to form our society.
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Henri Berube-Sustainable Crime Prevention Strategies
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Professor Henri Berube discusses sustainable crime prevention measures.
Professor Henri Berube explains that crime prevention emanates from three types of strategies:
- Rational Choice Theories (preventing crime at the time it occurs)
- Social Development Theories (the root cause of crime)
- Enforcement & Incapacitation (deterrence)
Professor Berube further highlights that a combination of all three strategies can help to develop sustainable crime prevention strategies. One such strategy is the Herber Model.
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Alyssa Ferns-Community Policing
Professor Alyssa Ferns discusses community policing
Professor Alyssa Ferns explains community policing based off her experiences with the Toronto Police Service and general knowledge on the topic. Professor Ferns highlights the visible differences between community policing and traditional policing. Additionally, Professor Ferns outlines 3 Canadian examples of effective community policing programs.
To learn more:
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/lbrr/archives/cnmcs-plcng/cn32080-eng.pdf
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Emma Smith-Corrections
Professor Emma Smith discusses corrections.
Professor Emma Smith explains how corrections is viewed in the media, and how those representations are not always valid. Professor Smith further looks at the role of corrections in our society and how we can measure its effectiveness.
To learn more search:
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/about-us/006-2000-eng.shtml
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Media in Prison Films, by BENNETT, JAMIE on Humber Libraries
The ambivalent consequences of visibility: Crime and prisons in the mass media, by Cheliotis, Leonidas K on Humber Libraries
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Rai Reece-Feminist Theory
Professor Rai Reece discusses Feminist Theory.
Professor Rai Reece explains that feminist theory is an umbrella for many different theories that look at how those that identify as female experience the world. Professor Reece highlights that previous to the development of feminist theories in criminology, theories were very patriarchal-based and did not take into account how women come into contract with the law and experience the criminal justice system.
To learn more search:
FEMINIST THEORY, CRIME, AND JUSTICE, by Simpson, Sally S on Humber Libraries
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756384/obo-9780199756384-0020.xml
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Stephen Duggan-Youth Crime
Professor Stephen Duggan discusses youth crime.
Professor Stephen Duggan talks about youth crime, how Canada addresses it and the best ways to handle the prevalence of youth crime. Professor Duggan describes youth crime as when a youth between the ages of 12-18 commits a crime and highlights that the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) and that any child under 10 cannot commit a crime.
To learn more search:
Emotions Contests and Reflexivity in the News: Examining Discourse on Youth Crime in Canada, by Adorjan, Michael C on Humber Libraries
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ststclsnpsht-yth/index-en.aspx
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/tools-outils/back-hist.html
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Doug Thomson-Institutional Anomie
Professor Doug Thomson discusses institutional anomie.
Professor Doug Thomson highlights that institutional anomie was developed by Stephen Messner and Richard Rosenfeld in 1994 based off of Merton’s anomie which was further based off of Durkheim’s anomie. Professor Thomson further explains that institutional anomie was used to look at society’s institutions such as businesses, families, government, etc.
To learn more search:
Institutional Anomie Theory, The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2014 on Humber Libraries
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396607/obo-9780195396607-0132.xml
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Stephen Duggan-Social Control Theory
Professor Stephen Duggan discusses social control theory.
Professor Stephen Duggan explains social control theory, which was developed by Travis Hirschi, and how the theory relates to our everyday lives as well as crime. Professor Duggan outlines 3 primary positive or negative influences on an individual:
- Parental Structure
- School
- Peers
To learn more search:
Social Control Theory, The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2009 on Humber Libraries
Hirschi, Travis: Social Control Theory, Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory, 2010 on Humber Libraries
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Doug Thomson-Structure & Agency
Professor Doug Thomson discusses the differences between structure and agency in theories.
Professor Doug Thomson explains the differences between structural theories and agency theories. Professor Thomson describes structural theories as those that focus on the structure of institutions and/or society and agency theories as those that assume individuals have free will to make decisions.
To learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d51dmIzqVGE
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Aqeel Saeid-Differential Association Theory
Dr Aqeel Saeid discusses Differential Association Theory.
Dr Aqeel Saeid explains differential association theory which states that criminal or non-criminal behaviour is learned from intimate relationships. The theory further explains that criminal behaviour cannot be learned through distant groups, from the media or from visual entertainment.
To learn more search:
Causes of School Bullying: Empirical Test of a General Theory of Crime, Differential Association Theory, and General Strain Theory by Moon, Byongook; Hwang, Hye-Won; McCluskey, John D on Humber Libraries
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Daniel Bear-Anomie(Durkheim)
Dr. Daniel Bear discusses Emile Durkheim’s anomie.
Dr. Daniel Bear explains anomie, normlessness, and how Durkheim used it to explain suicidal behaviours in different religious groups and working people in Europe in the late 19th century. Furthermore, Dr. Bear looks at how anomie connects to our modern world and criminality.
To learn more search:
Durkheim’s theory of anomie and crime: a clarification and elaboration by Bruce DiCristina on Humber Libraries
Anomie, Social Change and Crime: A Theoretical Examination of Institutional-Anomie Theory by Jón Gunnar Bernburg on Humber Libraries
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Aqeel Saeid-Characteristics of a Theory
Dr Aqeel Saeid discusses what characteristics are needed to develop a theory and what constitutes a good theory.
Dr Aqeel Saeid explains what a theory is and how a theory differs from hypotheses, or research perspectives. Dr. Saeid further explores what characteristics are needed to develop a good theory from a sociological point of view:
- Scope (wide vs narrow)
- Logical Consistency/Structure
- Testability
- Empirical Control/Validity
To learn more:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.470.4555&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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Doug Thomson-Genocide
Professor Doug Thomson discusses Genocide
Professor Doug Thomson explains the meaning of genocide and the history behind it. Professor Thomson also uses Techniques of Neutralization to explain its occurrence in history.
To learn more search:
Genocide, by Rachel K. Fischer; Kelly Myer Polacek on Humber Libraries
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Doug Thomson- Techniques of Neutralization
Professor Doug Thomson discusses Techniques of Neutralization.
Professor Doug Thomson breaks down the 5 techniques of neutralization which explains why people commit crime:
- Denial of Responsibility
- Denial of Injury
- Denial of Victim
- Condemnation of the Condemners
- Appeal to Higher Loyalties
To learn more:
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396607/obo-9780195396607-0140.xml
https://www.ukessays.com/essays/sociology/the-techniques-of-neutralization-sociology-essay.php
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Christine McKenzie- Marxist Theory
Dr. Christine McKenzie discusses Marxist Theory
Dr. Christine McKenzie discusses the theory of Marxism developed by Karl Marx and Friederich Engels in the 19th century in Europe. Dr McKenzie also explains how Marxist Theory, Alienation and crime correlate.
To learn more:
https://www.sociosite.net/topics/theory.php#marxism
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Daniel Bear- Drugs
Dr. Daniel Bear discusses Drugs
Dr. Daniel Bear discusses the topic of drugs in the form of a crime, and why today’s society treats drugs as more of an issue of crime rather than a medical or health concern. Dr. Bear highlights the historical outcomes of drugs, and how their use was seen as a way of controlling populations which were stigmatized, and by targeting modes of consumption.
To learn more search:
A Profile of Substance Abuse, Gender, Crime, and Drug Policy in the United States and Canada, Judith Grant, on Humber Libraries
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Joanna Amirault- Terrorism
Dr Joanna Amirault discusses Terrorism
Dr Joanna Amirault explains the criminalization of terrorism, specific offences in our post-9/11 world. Dr Amirault further examines how scholars studying terrorism look to 9/11 as a turning point in how resources were created to combat terrorism, specifically looking at Canada’s reaction.
To learn more search:
Homegrown Terrorism in Canada: Local Patterns, Global Trends, by McCoy, John; Knight, W. Andy on Humber Libraries
Criminalizing terrorism in Canada: investigating the sentencing outcomes of terrorist offenders from 1963 to 2010, by Amirault, Joanna; Bouchard, Martin; Farrell, Graham on Humber Libraries.
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Joanna Amirault- Age-Graded Theory of Social Control
Dr Joanna Amirault discusses Age-Graded Theory of Social Control
Dr Joanna Amirault breaks down Age-Graded Theory of Social Control, its connection to Life Course Theory, and the 6 key social institutions that provide opportunities, turning points and/or transitions to avoidance of criminal behaviour:
- Marriage
- Work
- Military Service, providing social bonds
- Human Agency
- Age
To learn more search:
A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime, by Robert J. Sampson; John H. Laub on Humber Libraries
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Emma Smith- Cultural Criminology
Professor Emma Smith discusses Cultural Criminology.
Professor Emma Smith explains Cultural Criminology, a new discipline in practice that came out of scholars being frustrated with orthodox criminology practices, using a different theoretical lens and methodological approach. Professor Smith examines how Cultural Criminologists look at consumerism, transgressions and pleasures along with how crime and culture intersect and fuel larger cycles of consumption and obsession in society. Instead of committing crime people turn to consumption to fill a void in their lives.
To learn more search:
Cultural Criminology, Jeff Ferrell on Humber Libraries
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Doug Thomson- Subculture Theory
Professor Doug Thomson discusses Subculture Theory.
Professor Doug Thomson speaks about Subculture Theory which explains why violence happens in certain groups of individuals. Professor Thomson further discusses a way to reduce crime, through a sub-cultural lens, is to change the subculture and the rules and regulations that enforce criminal or violent behaviours.
To learn more search:
Subculture Theory: An Historical and Contemporary Assessment of the Concept for Understanding Deviance, by Shane Blackman on Humber Libraries
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Daniel Bear- Routine Activity Theory
Dr. Daniel Bear discusses Routine Activity Theory
Dr. Daniel Bear breaks down the meaning of Routine Activity Theory by looking at crime as a rational approach, and factors that come into a rational choice of crime. Dr. Bear further examines the theory’s criteria, and how those components intersect in order for a crime to be committed.
To learn more search:
Organized crime, situational crime prevention and routine activity theory, by Kleemans, E.R; Soudijn, M; Weenink, A, on Humber Libraries
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Alyssa Ferns- Biopsychosocial Model
Professor Alyssa Ferns discusses the biopsychosocial model.
Professor Alyssa Ferns explains the Biopsychosocial Model and the interaction between biological, psychological and social factors. Professor Ferns breaks down why people commit crime with multiple perspectives as the model unifies the understanding of biological, psychological, sociological approaches and theories.
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Doug Thomson- Homicide
Professor Doug Thomson discusses the crime issue of homicide.
Professor Doug Thomson examines Homicide and its occurrence in Canada and around the world. Professor Thomson further explains how academics track homicide patterns in different cities across a period of time and how the incidence of homicides can be easily explained by Subculture Theory and Marxist theories, among many others.
To learn more:
http://www.hrwg1991.org/homicide-studies http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/homicide/
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