CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: None Of The Above, Easy A, Anomie

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Lara K

Document Summary

Understanding crime iii: control theories, labeling and interactionism. Different from psychology, because they say its an individuals make up crime is something we have to look at, count and pay attention too, Crime just exist and is out there its not like that, we respond to it, labelling, stigmatization. Assumes: pushes and pulls towards crime vs inner and outer containment (buffers or insulation from succumbing to pushes and pulls) Push is to crime is an internal force, your psychology sociological are, situations are like poverty inner and outer containment. Inner containment self-concept the image of oneself as law-abiding and obedient. Our conscience is part of our self-concept, guilt concept if you do something individual with a positive self-concept will conform, and people with negative self-concept wont conform. Goal-orientation orientation towards legitimate goals and aspirations that are realistic and lead to conformity frustration tolerance different people have different capacities for coping with socially induced frustration.