CRM 3312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Human Capital, Impulsivity, Social Capital

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3312
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

Leaving youth gangs: desistance and exit strategies (laura dunbar) ,000 went to the city of ottawa to help with legal measures: the longer an individual is involved in a gang, the more severe the effects are on them. Pathways in and pathways out of gang involvement. Joining a gang: functional nature of gang membership: gangs exist because they serve some purpose in our society. Community: social organization (stability), schools, opportunity (crime, drugs, and weapons), collective efficacy. Inequality and exclusion (objective and subjective): opportunity structures (a sense of hope), cognitive skills, self-control (impulsivity, aggression, and risk-taking), self-concept (well- being), family, parenting, education, peers (pro-social vs. anti-social). Insertion: this is a process (not something that occurs instantaneously) that attempts to reduce the risk that youth will return to their gang. Intervention: this is a way of bringing a sense of hope and wellbeing to the individuals who have left their gangs and focuses on trying to improve their health.