CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Disorganization Theory, Differential Association, Urban Decay
30 Mar 2016
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Deviance = learned in associaion with other deviants. Deviance = strain between legiimate means and dominant goals. Atempt to move beyond inadequacies of previous theories with the integraion of. Chicago school, funcionalism, anomie and diferenial associaion = inadequate explanaions and soluions to crime post wwii. Folk devils stanley cohen 1979 (macro diachronic) = embodiment of all that is wrong in society. = carrier of all evil, immorality and social disorder. Ex: subcultural youth engaging in gang behavior, ater 911 minority groups were targeted. Rebelliousness of gang youth = sign of fundamental challenge to social order and insituion. Urbanizaion = divided neighborhoods = urban decay = gangs. Not viewing subcultures as a social problem. But viewing subcultures as a soluion to dilemmas. Albert cohen (macro synchronic) delinquent boys (1955) Values of subcultures difer from those of the mainstream culture. Gang delinquency: = not a raional act, emoional act; subcultural response to the failure of living up to middle class values.
