Learning Objectives

  • Compare and contrast critical and mainstream theory.
     
  • Discuss labeling theory and the concept of secondary deviance.
     
  • Summarize the basic elements of conflict criminology.
     
  • Compare feminist criminology with mainstream criminology.
     
  • Identify the emerging perspectives in new critical criminology.
     
  • Describe radical criminology’s view on capitalism and crime.
     
  • Provide examples of how theories of crime can be integrated.
     
  • Describe the importance of crime typologies and the influence they have on criminology.
     
  • Evaluate the limitations of theoretical range and criminological explanations.
     
  • Identify the connections between sociological critical and integrated theories on crime policies.