The Crash Course video “Karl Marx & Conflict Theory” can be used to introduce students to the foundations of critical criminology by highlighting how Marx’s ideas about historical materialism, class struggle, and power help explain the role of law and punishment in maintaining capitalist dominance. The video sets the stage […]
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Schwartz, M.D., & Henry H. Brownstein, H.H. (2015). Critical criminology. In Piquero, Alex R. (Ed.) The handbook of criminological theory. John Wiley & Sons. BMCC students and faculty have free access to this ebook with their CUNYfirst login credentials at ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/reader.action?docID=4035968&query=%25C2%25A0The%2520handbook%2520of%2520criminological%2520theory&c=UERG&ppg=327
The Open University (n.d.) Introduction to Critical Criminology. OpenLearn. https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/introduction-critical-criminology/content-section—furtherreading
A Critical Perspective on Violence by Gregg Barak. In Advancing Critical Criminology: Theory and Application, edited by Walter S. DeKeseredy, and Barbara Perry, Lexington Books, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bmcc/detail.action?docID=1331606.
This YouTube video, which details the case of Devin Gray, a Black woman who shot her abusive boyfriend in self-defense, is highly relevant for a Criminology module on feminist criminology. It directly illustrates how self-defense laws, particularly “stand your ground” laws, are often not applied equally to women, especially women […]
