CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reaction Formation, Juvenile Delinquency, Delayed Gratification

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2301
• Professor: Vajmeh Tabibi

Document Summary

Social context: post wwii time of prosperity, middle-class: the desired class to be a part of, focus on education: elementary and college, segregation: outlawed by supreme court in usa, housing projects, urbanization. Influence of chicago (shaw and mckay) school and mertonian conception of anomie. Personal context: a student of merton and sutherland, unifying the structural and learning approaches, exploring juvenile delinquency and its pattern. According to him delinquent subculture emerges in the slum areas of large cities and rooted in: class differentials in parental aspirations, child-rearing practices, classroom standards. Ascribed status: ea(cid:396)(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)petitio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s age a(cid:374)d se(cid:454) g(cid:396)oup, a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:448)i(cid:396)tue of o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s fa(cid:373)ily. Opportunities to reach status as a goal are often available to mc. First major status problem facing lower-class children is school. Middle-class measuring rod: middle class values in school by which lower class boys are evaluated.