CRCJ 4002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Grater, Rational Agent, Criminology
2 Aug 2016
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In crime there are three ways to determine why a crime happened. Crime because of social inequalities or is caused by biological issues. Looks at pros con and concludes that committing crime is more beneficial. Lemert first distinguished between primary vs secondary deviance. Secondary deviance is the behaviour that is caused by the intervention. This theory focuses of the politics of designation. These theorist say the problem aren"t deviants, it is the labeller. Social reaction to crime doesn"t mean we only look at crime after the fact. These theories can also critique and study prevention programs, surveillance etc Double outsiders happens when someone is labelled an outsider for a certain behaviour. The person who is then labelled sees his labelers as outsiders for not being the same as him/her. Every group has rules and those who break them are outsiders in that group. To the outsider, he may feel the rules aren"t legitimate and the enforcers to him are outsiders.
