SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Police Misconduct

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Sykes and matza"s techniques of neutralization in one sense, yes deviant individuals cluster, but on the other hand, they are always somewhat connected with dominant culture. Sutherland separated the two too much if you interview delinquents, you often hear guilt/remorse they would only feel it if they were tied to dominant moral code. Only guilty if you feel behaviour is wrong they are usually apologetic failures . Have to use with reference to right type of deviance. We are all animals and thus naturally capable of committing criminal acts . Commitment you have a stake in conformity, because you have things to lose rational investment in society. Ask people questions about belief system to see how much they agree or don"t agree with conformity. Asked 4000 youths about what they do during the day. High/low involvement = little predictive value low commitment = higher delinquency. What about serious crime? he only talks about minor crime.