CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Labour Power, Bourgeoisie, Halliburton

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Michael Kempa

Document Summary

Critical theories: social controls theories, marxism, feminism in. People are rational: there is nothing unusual about people who deviate from the norm or who commit crime. People do not commit crime because they do not want to jeopardize their bonds to conventional society. So consensual, pushing fundamental group back in the right direction. Rebuild or make stronger institutions in our society. They will have a need to join another group that will accept them, like gangs: the need for social attachment. Thrasher, shaw, mckay: ecological studies of the city (chicago) inner city disorganisation and gangs (the need to belong to something: pay attention to the ecological fallacy: looking at aggregate data to make conclusions about individuals. Attachment -- affective (emotional) ties to others: less likely to engage in criminal behaviour if they are attached to someone. Commitment stake in the pursuit of conventional goals: like having a family, house, etc.