Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism
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(a) Provide an example of a conflict theory perspective on crime.
(b) Provide an example of Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical perspective on education.
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This solution provides help with two major theoretical perspectives. It helps provide an example of a conflict theory perspective on crime and an example of symbolic interactionism as a theoretical perspective on education.
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(a) In relation to crime, conflict theory says that social and economic forces have a direct influence on crime and the enforcement of crime. Drawing on ideas from Karl Marx, conflict theory suggests that the rich and powerful force social "order" onto the poor.
A recent example of this perspective are the events that led to The Fair Sentencing Act. For three decades social justice advocates argued that those arrested for crack offenses, mostly African-American and Hispanic youths, faced harsher sentences than suspects caught with powder cocaine. Crack offenders faced longer mandatory sentences ...
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