SOC379H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Display Case, Complement Component 5, Cultural Capital
Document Summary
Criminal acquires interest, ability, and means of justification for crime through. Through the institutional/systematic context in which he/she is embedded. Context matters when it comes to drug use. How facts of crime and crime control are produced. How does society agree on definition of crime. Augment social constructionism with lived realities and experiences. Problem with thinking about constructionism is that it implies purposeful building. Suggests a typology of people who commit crime and why they do it. Murder to defend what they believe is good Indifference to legal consequences - deterrence doesn"t work here. Less about the value of the property - more about the excitement. Attraction to something, not sure what to steal. Item is less significant that the psychological boost it is giving you. Means of social control because you don"t have control over your environment. Its not always about making money, there is a thrill that is important.
