SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cardiovascular Disease, Labeling Theory, Erving Goffman
13 Mar 2018
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Soc 3710 - the long-term consequences of juvenile offending. Classifying young offenders: considerable differences in stability of delinquent behaviour (moffit 1993, adolescence limited life course persistent. Adolescence-limited offenders: most common type of offender (90-95% of offenders, most criminal careers are short in duration, motivations include a desire to demonstrate independence or maturity. Over time, independence is granted based on age: awareness that continued involvement in crime undermines long-term autonomy. Life-course-persistent offenders: small group of people (5-8%) engages in delinquent behaviour at every life stage, more likely to demonstrate: Inability to delay gratification: moffit (2006: 57) hypothesized, (cid:862)the life-course-persistent individual will be at high risk in mid life for poor physical [and (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal] health, (cid:272)ardio(cid:448)as(cid:272)ular disease, a(cid:374)d early disease (cid:373)or(cid:271)idity a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ortality". At least partly a function of anti-social lifestlyes. Stigma (goffman: stigma undermines full social acceptance and requires the stigmatized to constantly adjust their social identities, types of stigma: Effect on education: a criminal record undermines educational outcomes via:
