CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Juvenile Delinquency, Anomie, Ascribed Status
2 Dec 2015
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Focus on concepts and details of theory for next mid term. Middle- class the desired class to be a part of. Segregation outlawed by supreme courts in usa. Influence of chicago (shaw & mckay) school and merton conception of anomie. Personal context: a student of merton and sutherland, unifying the structural and learning approaches, explaining juvenile delinquency and pattern. According to him delinquent subculture emerges in the slum areas of large cities and rooted in: class differences in parental aspirations, child-rearing practices, classroom standards. Middle class values in schools and are based on: ambition didn"t get the rest not important. Opportunities to reach status as a goal as often available to mc than lc. Middle class measuring rod: middle class values in school by which lower class boys are evaluated. Lower class boys (not all) fall short and experience status deprivation : anomie: first experience of falling short.
