CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Oscar Lewis, Job Corps, Upward Bound

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 101
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Sociological criminology examines crime as an interacion with social forces. Social structure theories link crime and economic deprivaion. Lacked skills and educaion to survive in society. Social structure theory: focus on the efects of class straiicaion in society: social disorganizaion theory. Lack of cohesiveness, transiency and anomie: strain theory. Focus on the conlict caused by barriers in reaching goals through legiimate means: cultural deviance theory. Criminal behaviour is in conformity to lower-class subcultural values. Argues certain members of a lower class have certain subcultural values that guide their behaviour. People who live in disorganized neighborhoods develop a set of subcultural values based on experiences living in these type of neighborhoods. High unemployment, single-parent families, dependence on social assistance, substandard housing. As gangs became more of a ixed insituion we see that deviant morals and values are being passed down generaions. Recruit new members, pass on delinquent tradiions: cultural transmiion. Concentraion afect: isolated from social mainstream, becomes a gheto.