CRIM 3657 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Moral Panic, Class Discrimination, Medicalization
7 May 2016
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People till this day still use bio theories to explain crime. Super ego overdeveloped (want to get caught) or underdeveloped (no self- control id) M: (i) innovation; (ii) ritualism; (iii) reatreatism; (iv) rebellion; (v) conformity. S & m: cities have certain areas have economic depravity, single parents, transient area, lots of immigrants (different values). Different values that conflict with dominant values, breakdown in controls creating delinquency. Parents & neighbours may support delinquency, lack of legitimate means. M: pressures on youth crime create crime & delinquency. Youth in poor areas don"t have legitimate access to. American dream creating 5 adaptation, which create criminality. L: societal negative reaction to primary deviance leads to negative status; if negative status becomes master status of person, causes delinquency (self- fulfilling prophecy) Weakness: doesn"t take underlying crime; don"t help problem. Strengths: explains how social environments can cause crime/delinquency. S & m: focus was on chicago, not everyone in the different areas conform to their surroundings.
