CCJS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anomie, Sex And The Law, Rape Kit
11 Apr 2017
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Juveniles experience negative emotions such as anger and frustration. Cope with strain and negative emotions using one or more strategies: cognitive, behavioral, emotional. Factors increase likelihood that strain will lead to delinquency. Messner and rossenfeld (1994: a re-analysis of merton"s theory, american dream: commitment to goal of monetary success to be pursued by all, under conditions of open competition. Fosters anomie feeling of uncertainty, lack of order. Anomie fostered when you buy into it = frustration when it doesn"t work: moving away from stratification systems with the distinctive feature of us structure: Institutions are all rigged and help no one. Quinney: capitalism the root cause of all crime. Crack down on habitual debauchery : engaging in homosexual relations. Social structures of inequality impact the criminalization process in ways that advance the interests of societal elites at the expense of the disadvantaged.
