The overall significance of the text
The overall importance of the text is that it provides theoretical perspectives for crime such as the traditional and liberal perspectives. Policing the crisis discusses the explanations and ideologies in crime in terms of how the society behaves. The dominant ideology is the traditionalist view, which generally represents the experiences of the social classes as well as life contradictions. On the other hand, the traditionalist perspective emphasizes the ‘notion of responsibility,’ which refers to social classes that are considered social value. It focuses on the fundamental idea of self-respect and is associated with living a civilized life, practicing self-discipline, and holding the respectable conduct. The traditionalist view emphasizes the concept form of work, which refers to the respectability of the working class and that men who do not have jobs not only tend to feel spiritually de-centered but materially abandoned as well.
The Epistemological or Conceptual Frameworks of the Text
The conceptual framework of the text is traditionalism. The traditionalist perspectives came from Karl Marx’s perspective of social classes. It refers to a natural theoretical idiom of the social classes as a result of the uncontaminated political power monopoly being challenged. The traditionalist perspective centers on the large existence of the everyday practice of the social classes under the attained relations capitalist system.
The Similarity or Difference in Perspective, Outlook, or Significance between the Text and Earlier Texts
The similarity between the text and earlier texts is on the social classes in terms of their significance, perspective, and outlook, particularly that the social classes are in different forms but are still the same. The social classes still exist, but they have developed into different forms. The social classes are still held as a social value up to this present time in terms of the educational, social, and economic status of an individual. In addition, crimes may have been brought about by the changes in the system but they are still the same crimes that have existed since the dawn of times (Hall et al 2013).
References
Hall, S.; Critcher, C.; Jefferson, T.; Clarke, J. & Roberts, B. (2013). Policing the crisis.
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