SOC 2760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Differential Association, Edwin Sutherland, Social Disorganization Theory
4 Feb 2017
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It has often been stated that each and every one of us has the capacity to kill in a particular set of circumstances. Our capacity to do this, in part, relies on our past and current social relationships, interactions, and changing environments. The society in which we are born, raised, and live as an adult significantly shapes our behavior, attitudes, beliefs, and future life outcomes. Sociological explanations of homicide often look to factors outside the individual. The first reading is by brookman, who discusses structural, cultural, and interactional perspectives. Criticisms and limitations of each theory will also be addressed. The study of victimology will also be discussed in this chapter, which is the study of the victim (typical demographic of the victim, for example: wolfgang (victim precipitation theory)
