CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Unaccompanied Minors, Moral Panic, Reaction Formation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

Average before prof review = about 65% Average after unknown for now: lowest mark 17/60, highest mark 60/60. A lot of questions that were based on class discussions/interactions made it obvious for who is paying attention in class and who is present in class. There are a ot of bold ideas coming up through this perspective. You are going to ear examples that you have already heard. It is repetitive in the sense that we can draw events from certain theories to integrate them or bring them together so we can maximize their strength to their full potential. None of the theories went far enough. It was at this time when there were new elements of criminality that were not covered by any of these theories. Subcultural perspectives: a lot of assumptions of people"s goals. Integration of/ combining the best elements of : social disorganization, differential association, structure/anomie. Attempt to move beyond inadequacies of previous theories.