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A Criminological Interpretation Of Kip Kinkel, Ernest M. Oleksy
A Criminological Interpretation Of Kip Kinkel, Ernest M. Oleksy
The Downtown Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal Written and Peer-Reviewed by Mandel Honors College Students at Cleveland State University
Kip Kinkel, responsible for the Thurston High School Shooting, made headlines for his criminality in the late '90s. Whenever a tragedy like the aforementioned one occurs, researchers and law enforcement attempt to hypothesize and theorize why a particular individual resorted to violent crime, and if such occurrences can be predicted and suppressed in the future. This article offers numerous theoretical explanations to Kinkel's behavior, analyzing his background, lifestyle, and information provided by himself and other who knew him.
A Needs-Based Partial Theory Of Human Injustice: Oppression, Dehumanization, Exploitation, And Systematic Inequality In Opportunities To Address Human Needs, Michael A. Dover
A Needs-Based Partial Theory Of Human Injustice: Oppression, Dehumanization, Exploitation, And Systematic Inequality In Opportunities To Address Human Needs, Michael A. Dover
Social Work Faculty Publications
The article presents an original needs-based partial theory of human injustice and shows its relationship to existing theories of human need and human liberation. The theory is based on an original typology of three social structural sources of human injustice, a partial theorization of the mechanisms of human injustice, and a needs-based theorization of the nature of human injustice, as experienced by individuals. The article makes a sociological contribution to normative social theory by clarifying the relationship of human injustice to human needs, human rights, and human liberation. The theory contends that human injustice is produced when oppression, mechanistic dehumanization, …
Lessons From Learning The Craft Of Theory-Driven Research, Michael A. Dover
Lessons From Learning The Craft Of Theory-Driven Research, Michael A. Dover
Social Work Faculty Publications
This paper responds to Richard's Swedberg's call for analysis of the craft of theorizing and to Gabriel Abend's work on the meanings of theory. Their work is applied to a retrospective case study of the theoretical content of the introduction to the author's dissertation. The case study includes lessons drawn from several sections of that chapter: the choice of a research topic; identifying originating, specifying and subsidiary questions; distinguishing between the object and the subject of the research; reviewing the social policy and social science relevance; identifying the relevant research tradition; presenting a general conceptual framework and a specific conceptual …
The Functions Of The Social Bond, James J. Chriss
The Functions Of The Social Bond, James J. Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Travis Hirschi's control or social bonding theory argues that those persons who have strong and abiding attachments to conventional society (in the form of attachments, involvement, investment, and belief) are less likely to deviate than persons who have weak or shallow bonds. Later, Gottfredson and Hirschi moved away from the social bond as the primary factor in deviance, and toward an emphasis on self-control. In short, low self-control is associated with higher levels of deviance and criminality irrespective of the strength or weakness of one's social bonds. In this article I argue that Talcott Parsons' AGIL schema easily incorporates Hirschi's …
Review Of Order Without Rules: Critical Theory And The Logic Of Conversation, James J. Chriss
Review Of Order Without Rules: Critical Theory And The Logic Of Conversation, James J. Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Reviews the book "Order Without Rules: Critical Theory and the Logic of Conversation," by David Bogen.
Book Review: Bogen On Social Theory, Rules, And Order, James Chriss
Book Review: Bogen On Social Theory, Rules, And Order, James Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Reviews the book "Order Without Rules: Critical Theory and the Logic of Conversation," by David Bogen.
Gouldner's Tragic Vision, James Chriss
Gouldner's Tragic Vision, James Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Classical literature, specifically ancient Greek philosophy and especially the study of Greek tragedy, is helpful in tracing out and understanding the transitions Alvin Gouldner made during his career as a sociologist. This article argues that a latent tragic orientation or vision existed during Gouldner's early career as a standout in the field of industrial sociology and that this tragic vision became manifest around 1962 as Gouldner was developing more and more strident denunciations of establishment sociology. This case study of Gouldner's career teaches a valuable lesson about the importance of the tragic vision in helping sociologists to understand the limitations …
Review Of An Invitation To Social Construction, Philip Manning
Review Of An Invitation To Social Construction, Philip Manning
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Reviews the book "An Invitation to Social Construction," by Kenneth J. Gergen.