SOC 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Structural Inequality, Anomie, Ritualism In The Church Of England
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Merton (strain theory)- the american dream: we all ha(cid:448)e this (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) drea(cid:373) (cid:271)ut do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)i(cid:374)g the goal, american dream is different than structural inequality, anomie: normlessness. Disjunction between goal and means of achieving them. 1)conformity: innovation-(cid:373)ight tur(cid:374) to (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e if you realize you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)e the(cid:373, ritualism- de(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)g aspiratio(cid:374) for the goal so it"s (cid:373)ore attai(cid:374)a(cid:271)le. 4)retreatism- gi(cid:448)i(cid:374)g up goals a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s, realizi(cid:374)g you"re (cid:374)ot goi(cid:374)g to make it and abandon both: rebellion- rejecting system. Life course criminology: focus on within=individual development and change over time. 4 main developmental and life course (dlc) paradigms: 1- criminal career paradigm: patterns=participation, frequency, duration, type. 2- risk factor paradigm: medical model of risks/preventions. 3- developmental paradigm: influenced by developmental psychology, focus on childhood/adolescents. Identify causal factors that influence development of antisocial behaviour. 4- life course paradigm: influenced by life course sociology, opposes law-like notion of individual development. 1- lives in historical time and sociogeographic place.
