Sociological Research on Life Imprisonment
A life sentence in jail is the most severe form of punishment the English Criminal Justice System can hand out, […]
A life sentence in jail is the most severe form of punishment the English Criminal Justice System can hand out, […]
Positivists argued that sociologists should study society using ‘objective’ quantitative scientific methods. Interpretivists and others argue that sociology should not and cannot be scientific and that it should be more humanistic with multiple interpretations, and they also question whether science itself is truly objective!
A brief overview of some sociological perspectives on crime and deviance – from Functionalism through to Right Realism. Theory Summary