SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Social Inequality, Gang, Learned Helplessness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Used as a better way to understand social inequality. Analyzing the multi-dimensionality is the consideration of the interconnectedness of people"s position on the different dimensions. Street youth much more likely to be involved in illegal activities due to their current adverse situations. Street youth who feel most excluded by society are more at risk for committing crimes. A gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals with identifiable leadership and internal organization, identifying with or claim control over territory in the community and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other forms of illegal behaviours. Drug trade became financially attractive to youth gangs. Over-representation in the canada criminal justice system because of discriminatory treatment and economic and social inequality. Crime motivated by antagonisms towards race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion. Canada lags behind in collecting hate crime statistics. Most hate crimes are done by people unknown to them. Definition issues of what is considered violence against women.