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Education & Crime: A Study In Student Perceptions Of Culpability, Larry Curtis Long
Education & Crime: A Study In Student Perceptions Of Culpability, Larry Curtis Long
Masters Theses
Criminological research has long been concerned with how stereotypes of offender race and gender affect perceived culpability and policy formation. Using data collected from a college student population that were administered six vignettes written in the form of police blotters that depicted different crimes being committed by offenders with differing educational characteristics, this study seeks to identify whether or not an offender’s educational characteristics affect their perceived culpability. Although the data indicates that offender’s are seen as culpable regardless of their educational characteristics, it is evident that some degree or sociopathy is assessed to offender’s that are seen as educated …
Passivity: Looking At Bystanding Through The Lens Of Criminological Theory, Rahim Manji
Passivity: Looking At Bystanding Through The Lens Of Criminological Theory, Rahim Manji
Masters Theses
Criminologists have long since marginalized passivity as a variable of interest when studying the phenomenon of harm-doing. In this thesis, I explore the role of passivity in such instances and build a case for its centrality to deviance. I also undertake a number of other tasks. First, I review the extent to which research throughout the academy has connected passivity to violence. Second, I explore whether criminological theories have incorporated the variable of passivity and how they could. Lastly, I reflect on why more work on passivity has not been done given its manifest connection to harm, and I offer …