CRCJ 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Peer Pressure, Cultural Learning, Social Disorganization Theory

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Monaghan

Document Summary

First school of sociology in the states. Structural functionalism (view that society is natural or organic) Notion that society needs integration and regulation in order to be effective. Describes periods of lawlessness, normlessness, and unrestrained choice. Breakdown of networks, norms, and trust that make coordination easier among residents of neighborhoods can lead to more crime and violence. Criminal behavior is learned through social interactions. Process includes learning criminal skills, motivations, attitudes and rationalization. Chicago school notion that meaning and reality are socially constructed through sharing. Socially-created symbols that convey socially agreed-upon meanings. Extension of sutherland"s theory of differential association. Criminals learn motivations and rationalizations to justify their criminal behaviors. Blend of chicago school symbolic interactionism with views on how crime and deviance are used to maintain social boundaries and control. Examines how certain groups or behaviors come to be seen as social problems. Theory that stigma/labels affixed through the crim. Process can lead to individuals developing a deviant self-image.