Criminological Theory
Title Throughout the course of criminological study, scholars have relied heavily on three different theoretical perspectives, with each perspective budding its own attitude in understanding crime, thus leading to the development of distinctive approaches to preventing and limiting both crime and deviance. Working in harmony with the three different criminological perspectives, scholars and philosophers alike have utilized film in an attempt to draw on widespread attitudes toward crime, victims, law, and punishment prevalent at the time of the films making. Quintessentially, film history has allowed society to see more clearly, underlying assumptions about the nature of crime in American as well as International society. This perhaps can best
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The perspective could arguably pertain to every character in the film. Perhaps asking the question, “Would the plot be possible if the setting took place in a wealthy community, rather than the slums of Rio,” may best explain the significance of the perspective? Radicalism argues that one can empathize with the reasons for the crimes certain characters commit throughout the film, by observing the appalling poverty each character is faced with. A similar problem can be studied in America’s own inner cities. The reason for the rise of drug empires is directly linked to poverty. Proponents of this theory argue that those faced with the decision to starve or watch their families suffer, or sell drugs, steal and commit other crimes to avoid such consequences associated with extreme poverty, will likely do what is necessary for survival. It can be argued that this is exactly what is happening in the film. Decades of political corruption and economic poverty have led the characters to adapt to an adverse environment where one will do anything in order to survive. In essence, Radicalism would argue that the solution to the crime within the film, would be to restructure the community as well as restoration of wealth, which would in turn lead to a sense of pride within the community. The theory here is comparable to another well-known theory in criminology known as “broken windows” whereby scholars believe by “fixing community windows” or cleaning up the community, crime will be
The perspective could arguably pertain to every character in the film. Perhaps asking the question, “Would the plot be possible if the setting took place in a wealthy community, rather than the slums of Rio,” may best explain the significance of the perspective? Radicalism argues that one can empathize with the reasons for the crimes certain characters commit throughout the film, by observing the appalling poverty each character is faced with. A similar problem can be studied in America’s own inner cities. The reason for the rise of drug empires is directly linked to poverty. Proponents of this theory argue that those faced with the decision to starve or watch their families suffer, or sell drugs, steal and commit other crimes to avoid such consequences associated with extreme poverty, will likely do what is necessary for survival. It can be argued that this is exactly what is happening in the film. Decades of political corruption and economic poverty have led the characters to adapt to an adverse environment where one will do anything in order to survive. In essence, Radicalism would argue that the solution to the crime within the film, would be to restructure the community as well as restoration of wealth, which would in turn lead to a sense of pride within the community. The theory here is comparable to another well-known theory in criminology known as “broken windows” whereby scholars believe by “fixing community windows” or cleaning up the community, crime will be