CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ethnography, Machismo, Extortion

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

Document Summary

Same social and intellectual contexts from the previous lecture. Cloward and ohlin (1960: theory of juvenile delinquency, utilitarian nature of crime (agree with merton) Extend anomie theory and community based observation of the. Chicago school: o(cid:373)e deli(cid:374)(cid:395)ue(cid:374)ts a(cid:396)e i(cid:374) pu(cid:396)suit of status (cid:894)ag(cid:396)ee (cid:449)ith cohe(cid:374)(cid:895) (cid:271)ut , delinquents want middle-class financial status. Att(cid:396)a(cid:272)ted to (cid:862)fast (cid:272)a(cid:396)s(cid:863), (cid:862)fa(cid:374)(cid:272)y (cid:272)lothes(cid:863) economic terms not middle class values. Feels the greatest conflict with middle-class values: difference between cohen and cloward and ohlin is that cohen focuses on the middle-class values and cloward and ohlin look at the middle- class success. They (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)ed merto(cid:374)"s a(cid:374)d sutherla(cid:374)d"s: people under strain cannot become any kid of criminal they choose; they are limited by the opportunities available to them. Example dealing drugs is not automatically available to a (cid:862)s(cid:395)ua(cid:396)e(cid:863) u(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)sity professor as a means of supplementing her income, she lacks the skills and contacts to obtain source of illegal drugs.