SY103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 50: Value Over Replacement Player, White-Collar Crime, Restorative Justice
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How do labelling, learning, and control relate to deviance: symbolic interactionist. People"s reactions key: lemert, primary deviance, petty crimes, nobody notices/responds. Sometimes: somebody does notice/respond, behaviour labelled deviant . Isolation from conventional peers, adults: repeated norm violation, deviant subculture, stigma, master status. Learning: differential association theory, who you know and what they teach you , when exposure to law-breaking attitudes is more extensive than exposure to law-abiding attitudes. Imagining consequences of breaking rules: forms of social control, attachment, legitimate opportunities, conventional beliefs. Who is most likely to be arrested in canada: age, youth (15-24, gender, men, social class, lower classes, race and ethnicity. Indigenous peoples (esp. women) grossly overrepresented in prison: poverty, lack of opportunities, discrimination. Black canadians: disproportionate involvement in gang-related activity, poverty, negative educational experiences, over-policed and under-supported. What is the traditional justification for punishment, and what are some alternatives: prison (incarceration, retribution, moral vengeance, deterrence, discouraging criminality, rehabilitation, reform, societal protection.
