CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Edwin Sutherland, Peer Pressure, Moral Panic

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Monaghan

Document Summary

Development of sociological criminology; durkheim: anomie and strain theories; control theory; The chicago school; broken windows theory; differential association; subcultural theories; Outline: durkheim and anomie, strain theory, chicago school, social learning theory, differential association, control theory, sociology of deviance and labelling theory. It includes within its scope the processes of making laws, of breaking laws, and of reacting towards the breaking of laws" (sutherland and. Cressey 1955:3: sociology interested in actors, institutions, meanings, symbols, myths, cultures, and norms, sociological explanation view crime and deviance as normal, or semi-normal as socially/culturally learned responses to social circumstances. I: crime and the collective consciousness", normality of crime, functionality of crime, mechanical and organic solidarity. Anomie: foundation for anomie or strain theory: rapid social change or crisis threatens group norms and social solidarity. Blockage of legitimate goal attainment is said to encourage deviant solutions.