CRM 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Differential Association, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Forces
5 Apr 2013
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Intellectual heritage (italy: niccolo machiavelli, england, france) 50s & 60s: walter reckless & simon dinitz, gresham sykes & david matza, james short & fred. This body of theorizing emerged at an odd time in terms of intellectual heritage a time where labelling theory was teetering off and critical criminology became more radical. Operates within the confines of structural perspective; as such, this body of theorizing defines norm violations as the appropriate object of study, and assumes normative order exists and can be identified by consensus. Ontologically, this body of theorizing sees deviance as different than non-conforming due to different motivation, which builds an epistemology around this motivation. Sees structural stresses as a push for deviance. Norm violations are generally so appealing and exciting that people are motivated to violate them, so it is unnecessary to explain why people break laws. Therefore, violations are easily identifiable and can be said to be functionalist-inspired.
