Sociology & Criminology for a Changing World
The process of pushing individuals or groups to the edge of society, reducing their access to rights, resources, and participation.
Marginalization involves systematic exclusion from political, economic, and social life. It affects minorities, migrants, the poor, and others who lack social power. Marginalized groups often experience discrimination, over-policing, and limited access to justice and opportunities.
Common in critical criminology and social justice theory, marginalization is used to explain how deviance is produced and reinforced by structural inequality.
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