CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Forces, Labeling Theory, Differential Association
20 Feb 2015
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It sounds good in theory : theories seen as fanciful ideas, that have little to do with reality, armchair speculation, generated by people sitting in ivory towers. We all know what causes crime: crime is caused by a lack of morals, crime is caused by poor parenting, crime is caused by hanging out with the wrong crowd, crime is caused by drug use. The significance of social context: positivist school notion of criminality as inherited (genetic) propensity was reflection of what was going on in mid-to late- Progressive movement. view of criminality as a product of the social: chicago school. English penitentiary act, and french criminal code: early positivist school theorists endorsed the medical model the notion that criminals were sick and in need of treatment, giving rise to a number of prison reforms and new emphasis on rehabilitation. Revolution of 1689 at one end, french evolution of 1789 at the other, with american revolution of the 1770s in- between.
