Please write one page per question.

Prior to the emergence of labeling theory, many criminologists defined crime as behavior that violated criminal laws. Therefore, if one violated the law, criminologists believed the state’s intervention was necessary in apprehending, prosecuting, and incarcerating them to protect society. However, beginning in the 1960s and early 1970s, the labeling theory, also referred to as the “societal reaction” emerged and greatly influenced criminal justice policy.

Before responding to the following question, first view this short video from on Demand: Social Construction. One Page response

1. Explain how and why state intervention, labeling, and societal reaction actually led to unanticipated and ironic consequences, according to the labeling theorists.

Before responding to the following question, first view this short video on Demand: Conflict Theory/New Criminology. One page response

2. Specifically discuss the relationship between “crime and capitalism,” as advanced by the radical and new criminological conflict theorists. Which theorist, in particular, do you most agree with? Why?

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