1. Chapter 5: Crime and Control (pg 148-165) By Dana Mandelman & Dave Lewis

2. Outline Rashomon Principle Causes of Crime The Criminal Justice System Jeopardy & Discussion Questions

3. Rashomon Principle Whites see racism as the result of a few bad apples Authorities role Blacks are over policed & under policed Profiling leads to fear, over incarceration, fewer job opportunities, poverty, alienation & more crime

4. Causes of Crime: Functionalism Anomie Subculture Strain Functionalism Defined... Society has a number of interrelated and necessary elements. Each element is seen as having equal important function for the maintenance of a particular society

5. Conflict Theory Inequality & domination Competition between social classes is inevitable Role of the ruling class Race and ethnic relations are interpreted as competitively different groups that compete for scarce resources in contexts that favour some groups, not others Conflict Theory Defined...

6. Social Interactionism Criminal activity through interaction Deviant subcultures Labeling theory

7. Matching solutions with perspectives Is there really one universal definition for crime? Who should we blame for crime?

8. The Criminal Justice System Policing –Main source of formal control Courts –Attempt to seek alternatives Corrections –Is incarceration the answer? Quick Statistic... The Criminal Justice System as a whole costs governments at least $10 billion a year. (Office of the Auditor General of Canada)

9. Rethinking Criminal Justice Over incarceration of minorities What can be done to curb this problem? –Alternative sentences & restorative justice practices are a start

10. Jeopardy Rules First groups picks a question Whichever group puts their hand up first gets to try and answer to question. If he/she gets the answer wrong, your team loses that amount of points If he/she gets the answer right then the team gets the points and gets to pick the next question When a discussion question is picked all the groups get a chance to give their input and I will decided who had the best answer. That team will receive 800 points Team with the most points at the end get a prize

11. RacismCauses of Crime Criminal Justice System 100 200 300 400 Jeopardy