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What are the three major criminological perspectives?

Domestic violence & three perspectives in sociology: functionalist, symbolic interactionist & conflict. help!?

  • I have a paper due in my Sociology: Intro to Criminology class that has to due with domestic violence. I'm fine with that, but we have to relate it to three perspectives and talk about how it is socially significant, using one of those perspectives. HELP me please. I understand the three perspectives but I can't wrap my mind around D.V. and the perspectives combined.

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    Not one of those sociological perspectives has a " duke " of an idea about the reality of domestic violence. For instance; the social conflict " theory ' might say that domestic violence was due to the " power struggle " between the " genders ", due to improper gender socialization. Incoherent, when we have an evolutionary perspective on human behavior that is well supported empirical. Sociology can not explain one mechanism of the behaviors they posit, as they always fall back on the " holy trinity "; learning, culture and society. Remember, something that explains everything, explains nothing. Start by reading Darwin.

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To add to the other two posts I will say it has alot to do with culture. There are alot of cultures where it is expected and the woman are to do as told and not question the husband or get punished. Woman are also abusers. Also it changes the victim alot. She can either come out stronger or more prone to a repeat ie be involved with another abuser. There are alot of effects on the victim of DV. Sometimes they turn aggressive. A good place to get those answers is in a place that does counceling for the abusers try to contact some area places. My ex had those words in his black book ehich is a book they give you at your meetings. He was a abuser.

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Functionalism would have it that the violence was a function of the interaction between the male and female. (Whack! You didn't iron my shirt properly). Not sure about the second but conflict structuralists would say the violence was a displacement behaviour of a wider conflict - that of capital and labour.

nonjourno

I am a little lost on exactly what it is you need to know. I was a victim of domestic violence for almost 3 years. The first few times I got hit were, of course for ridiculous things, but I was simply shocked that he had actually hit me. After a while in the relationship....I grew to expect it...if I made a mistake by his standards...or went ahead and spoke my mind...so in turn I guess I started to think that I asked for it. The most painful part of that whole relationship was letting my self confidence decline or rather disappear. It was not something that I was completely aware of as it was happening but I knew it had happened. towards the very end of the relationship I noticed that i was starting to change myself.I normally was not a violent type of person BUT I started to behave more aggressively...that is when I knew I could no longer stay in that hell....I could not become what I hated! I really doubt that any of this has actually helped you ...but I do wish you luck!

yidlmama

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