SOCY 4024 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Routine Activity Theory, Tabula Rasa, Devaluation
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The features of the age-crime curve (peak years, etc. : crime peaks from 18-20 years" old, desistance: cease in committing crime/slowing down in criminal career (around age 23) Why does most of criminology focus on juveniles: the commit a disproportionate amount of crime. Juveniles (<18 years old) make up 7% of population but account for 15% of all arrests and 25% of serious violence. Increase in adolescence maturation gap puberty/hormones (middle school) more time with friends less time with parents zero tolerance (labeling theory) wanting to do adult things unsupervised time. Decrease in adulthood incarceration (1% effect) social bonds (work & relationships) Knifing off (leaving past behind) realize delinquency is unrewarded better decision makers change in activities marriage & family. The economic and lifestyle shifts that led to the transitions into various eras: hunting/gathering era -> farming era, farming era -> industrial revolution.
