SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Counterculture, Frank Tannenbaum, Social Disorganization Theory
18 Apr 2017
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Law: punitive / contract: crime: normal part of society. Deviation from norm: anomie (a) destruction / dysfunction of old norms (b) conflict: old & new norms. Collective consciousness / beliefs --------------------> division of labour. As division of labour increases, collective beliefs decrease. Brutal forms of punishment in history have relaxed. Crime producing areas / zones: delinquency / slum / interstitial / disadvantaged: some areas commit more crime than others. The cause of crime is usually about the confusion of norms. Youth delinquency: deviant subculture: applied social states of young people to youth crime and an explanatory mechanism, paying attention to the deviant subculture, contradictory codes. Chicago school: spoke to eugenics changed the foundation of criminality making it no loner a viable option. Learning is very important when it comes to criminal activity if you are exposed, educated to or desentized by criminality you are at high risk for engaging in criminal behaviour.
