SOC227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Winnipeg General Strike, Sexual Assault, Pediatrics
10 Apr 2014
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Social process theories: criminality function of individual socialization. Key assumption: all people (regardless of race, gender, class) potential to become criminals. Focus: critical elements of socialization this is why people are nt involved in criminality. If these are good supports then they influence prosocial behavior (safeguard), if not then they produce angst and crime. If you are in a single mother family it can predict your future in crime. This is because living in this kind of household is accompanied by feminization of poverty, lower standard of living and decreased parental supervision. The disadvantage of growing up in a single parent family does not evaporate when this parent remarries. Reconstituted families are more likely to be marred by child abuse, especially for female children. The routine chores of changing and wiping babies discourage parents from thinking of babies as sexual beings. In homes where there is molestation, it may influence decision to engage in drinking and drug activity.
