Reading 20 : When Ferrell argues that criminologists should study culture, what culture(s) is he talking about?
According to Ferrell, how can culture become crime?
Do you think there are differences between Maplethorpe’s Honey photograph, as described in the reading, and child pornography, and between nude barroom dancing and nude dancing as part of an opera performance in Lincoln Center?
What does cultural criminology study?…… Reading 21: Does Young, as a researcher, state her opinion – explicitly or implicitly – about whether “graffiti and street art” should be criminal offenses?
Is it desirable (or even possible) for researchers to remain neutral with regard to the topics they study?
Should individuals’ motivations and intentions be used to make distinctions between people (some good/some bad) who write or draw on the property of others without their permission? Should creating graffiti and street art be crimes?
When it comes to graffiti and street art, what would Marx argue is the real crime?
Cultural criminology focuses, in part, how aspects of people’s cultures can become crimes. Is this an example of culture being a crime?…… Reading 22 : Are the theories we have covered thus far primarily theories written by men to explain the behavior of men?
Is it necessary to develop separate theories to explain the experiences of men and women, in terms of both offending and victimization? Why?
Why does Belknap believe it is important to study the intersection of identities?
What is pathways theory, and what insights has it offered concerning the relationship between gender and offending/victimization?
Why would feminist criminology study masculinity?
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