SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gang, Demography Of The United States, Squeegee

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

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Process of being shut out from the social, economic, political, cultural systems that determine social integration of a person into society. Involves being prevented from being/being perceived as a full functioning member of society. Often related to citizenship (not in literal passport holder sense: whe(cid:374) o(cid:374)e is e(cid:454)(cid:272)luded, the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:396)ealize all the (cid:396)ights/p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ileges that a(cid:396)e afforded to them in a society. Ex: homeless people: no phone number, difficulty finding employment, may not be able to vote, not address/drivers licence, not afforded rights of citizenship. Multi-dimensional construct (race, gender, poverty, sexual orientation) How does exclusion influence criminal offending and victimization? (cid:894)the (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) (cid:449)e(cid:859)(cid:396)e most interested in) 40% of homeless youth are lgbtq*, for these youth their sexual orientation is often due to rejection from family. Homeless youth are more likely to be offenders and or victims. Ho(cid:373)eless (cid:455)ouths(cid:859) (cid:272)i(cid:396)(cid:272)u(cid:373)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es ofte(cid:374) lead to (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e: homeless youth who feel the most excluded are at greatest risk for committing a crime.