• Application of Criminology Theories to Movies

     

    Essays4 Law

Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Application of Criminology Theories to Movies', 1.
  • Essays 'Application of Criminology Theories to Movies', 2.
  • Essays 'Application of Criminology Theories to Movies', 3.
  • Essays 'Application of Criminology Theories to Movies', 4.
Extract

The Tracker
The film also presents a critical question of which law is closest to a consensual perspective of justice: the fanatic or trackers?
It reveals an Aboriginal perspective, which allows them to define and apply their own version of deviance onto white Australia with the colonial period.
The film contains references to Positivism, Marxist criminology, Labelling theory, Republican Theory, Strain Theory, Classical Theory, New Right Criminology and Critical Criminology.
The predominant theories throughout the film however are Biological Positivism and Marxist Criminology.

Atlants