SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Victim Impact Statement, New Media, Hacktivism
23 Mar 2016
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Social exclusion: process of being shut out from social, political, cultural, economic systems a denial of the means to integrate into society. A useful concept for understanding crime and victimization. Manifestations: restricted access to housing, employment, low education, substance abuse, etc. Our criminal theories: strain and homeless youth. Rational choice (routine activities) and homeless youth. Homeless youth are overrepresented by criminal victimization (streets are dangerous i. e. robbery, assault. Increasing attention to criminal activity of homeless youth. Research: hagan and mccarthy, baron and hartnagel, o"grady et al. Basic conclusion: homeless youth subject to greater involvement in criminal behaviours than non-homeless; greater victimization. Background factors are important to explaining criminality and victimization. Relying on the media for our info on youth gangs? i. e. gang activity, violence, due to handgun increase, in toronto a black problem , in west an aboriginal problem .
