SOC307H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Counterculture, Subculture, Shoplifting
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Depends: type of association & learned values (sutherland) Working class focal concerns: results in crime. Focal concerns: wide spread and persistent attention high degree of emotional involvement. F = fate: life cant be changed, make the best of it (pre-determined future) A = autonomy: don"t let them push you around (emergence of individualism; masculinity) T = trouble: life involves violence / don"t run away. E = excitement: look for fun and enjoyment. S = smartness: look good, act sharp (stress smarts, not academic) T = toughness: manliness = drinking, womanizing, sporting prowess = to justify it: temporary break from moral restraints, drift: in and out of conventional behaviour, temporarily neutralize social values, denial of responsibility: I was wrong but, something made me do it. Victim of circumstances beyond my control: denial of victim. They deserves it: denial of injury. There is no harm done: commendation of condemners, appeal to a higher loyalty. I had to do it: everyone does it.
