Cultural theories of crime provide frameworks to understand the influence of human agency, social forces
Cultural theories of crime provide frameworks to understand the influence of human agency, social forces
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Please see the instructions below. I need to create a PowerPoint presentation and video. Could you create the script for me to speak on the video?
I also need a little summary about the presentation
Cultural theories of crime provide frameworks to understand the influence of human agency, social forces, and peers on behavior. The dominant frameworks argue that culture is a set of values, beliefs, and actions that are learned through interactions with others. From this perspective, culture is primarily transmitted to individuals through intimate peer groups and across generations to provide support or encouragement for actions that may be unacceptable in the larger society. In addition, cultural forces demonstrate what behaviors are valued and those that are perceived as unimportant or not supported. Subcultures may form in opposition to the dominant culture and support behaviors that deviate from larger social norms, or stem from differences between social classes, gender, or geographic locations. In some perspectives, the dominant culture may define the behaviors of another culture as criminal or deviant in order to protect their interests or marginalize a minority group. Thus, culture conflicts can lead to the identification or creation of criminal groups. Finally, societal responses to the media can foster the belief that a deviant behavior is rampant and force legislative action to identify and define an act as criminal. Regardless of the accuracy of media claims, larger cultural forces can stimulate the belief that criminal or deviant activities are a threat to safety. Thus, cultural theories encompass a broad spectrum of thought about crime and criminality.
Several cultural theory perspectives have been selected for Assignment #1. Please familiarize yourself with the articles and choose one article that you will study more in depth. For this Assignment you need to read the article carefully and provide a short summary of the main theoretical arguments made, the crime studied, the context/culture in which the crime occurred, as well as the main findings presented. Then please do additional research on the topic to show different perspectives on the topic you studied as far as the application of theory is concerned.
What do similar studies report about the cultural theory you selected? What are some pros and cons of this theoretical approach? Is there some updated research on this and does the context/crime matter when discussing applicability of cultural theory to specific crime? Summarize your research findings in a power point presentation (approximately 4 to 8 slides) and prepare a short video presentation based on the pp presentation you prepared (3-5 minutes). Share you slides while presenting. Upload your video on the Discussion Board. Please make sure that you watch and comment on at least one more video posted by your peers so you can get all 15 points for this assignment.
Format:
The video should be created using Screencast-o-matic. ( Tutorials: Getting started with Screencast-o- matic & Uploading your video to Screencast-o-matic.com ) or any other software that would play on Blackboard (MP4 is recommended). The video should not be longer than 6 minutes (points will be taken off for longer files). Upload your video to the Discussion Board forum. In addition to your original post you are also expected to post at least one comment on your peer’s video.
Below your uploaded video include a brief description of the content/article studied (100 words).
Required readings
- Mattsson, Ch., & Johansson, Th. (2021). “We are the White Aryan Warriors”: Violence, homosociality, the construction of masculinity in the National Socialist Movement in Sweden
- “We are the White Aryan Warriors”: Violence, homosociality, the construction of masculinity in the National Socialist Movement in Sweden – Alternative Formats
- Men and Masculinities 24, 3, 393-410.
- Komaromi, P. (2016). Germany: Neo-Nazis and the market in asylum reception.
- Germany: Neo-Nazis and the market in asylum reception. – Alternative Formats
- Race & Class 58, 2, 79–86. 10.1177/0306396816657727
- Mattsson, Ch. & Johansson, Th. (2020) The hateful other neo Nazis in school and teachers strategies for handling racism
- The hateful other neo Nazis in school and teachers strategies for handling racism – Alternative Formats
- , British Journal of Sociology of Education 41, 8,1149-1163,
- Karpantschof, R., & Mikkelsen. F. (2017). The rise and transformation of the radical right movement in Denmark 1980–2015 . Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 40, 8, 712-730.
- Koronaiou, A., & Sakellariou, A. (2017). Women and Golden Dawn- reproducing the nationalist habitus. Gender and Education 29, 2, 258–275.
Reports:
- Koehler, D. (2015). Right-wing extremism and terrorism in Europe. Current developments and issues for the future
- Right-wing extremism and terrorism in Europe. Current developments and issues for the future – Alternative Formats
- . Futures. Prism 6, 2, 85-104.
- Jones, S., G., Doxsee, C., and Harrington, N. (March 2020). The right-wing terrorism threat in Europe. A report of the CSIS Transnational Threats Project
- The right-wing terrorism threat in Europe. A report of the CSIS Transnational Threats Project – Alternative Formats
- Center for Strategies and International Studies
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