Research Paper on:
Criminology in the Postmodern Era

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malfeasance. Postmodernism reflects the breaking free of certain socially stringent concepts decreed all criminology theories must abide by the same doctrines; indeed, its discursive system was a reaction to  and critique of modernism, with particular emphasis upon modernisms elitist stance with regard to social, political and economic structure. When examining the  postmodernist conceptual challenge, the student will want to discuss the notion of control and the manner by which society has lost said control over objects, nature and each other with  the postmodern movement. The student will also want to touch upon the aspect of modernity and industrialism as they relate to the conceptual framework of violent tendencies in contemporary  society. "Criminology has long concerned itself with accurately representing the truth about violence, but postmodernist thought challenges any attempt to develop totalizing theories that reveal the fundamental truth about  violence and explain it" (Schwartz et al, 1998, p. 421). When discussing the postmodernist semantic challenge, the student will want to note that  language plays an integral role in establishing the importance of postmodernistic thought. Indeed, words become the focal point of how people interact with power and crime: "Not only can  the power of the word be exposed as creating domination; in addition, one means of resistance for those who are oppressed is to recapture the meaning of words" (Schwartz et  al, 1998, p. 424). When examining postmodernist possibilites for understanding violence, the student will want to discuss that morality is not something that  human beings are born with, but rather a slow process of learning that lasts throughout ones life. The Kohlberg Theory, adapted from Dewey and Piaget, addresses the fundamental aspects