CRJU 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Differential Association, Peer Pressure, Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology
3 Oct 2016
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Correlates of delinquency: strongest correlates are demographic characteristics, age: Aging out process two arguments (eventually there are things that make you change your ways and age out. Vs. only works for some people not career criminals: race: Official statistics vs self-report data: gender: Many argue girls are becoming more delinquent at a faster rate: class: Appears to be a correlation does not hold true at micro level. Ecological fallacy (what"s true at the macro level is true at the micro level) (everyone in a poor neighborhood must be a criminal. Primary models for dealing with juvenile (status) offenders . Reason this is important is because it is guided by theory: answer questions like: Many theories in criminology: few fall out of favor, no single theory explains all of crime/ delinquency. Micro-level theories (one individual would engage in crime. Normative theories: standard norm ( we all agree on what"s right and wrong, we all agree what delinquency is.
