SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Criminal Record, Making Money
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Cash, crime, and context in the-streets and the suites by nathan innocente. Foreground factors: things right now that make us commit crime (ex. Pressures to make good grades make us use drugs) Background factors: things in the past that make us commit crime today. In any given year there"s 10,000 homeless youth. On any given day, 1,500-2,000 homeless youth. Youth need to survive (shelter, food, money, safety, hygiene) When youth come on the street, crime explodes ( Background factors don"t matter, the immediate foreground conditions means you will engage in a whole lot of crime. Poverty, desire for something you don"t have, influence from your peers, when you don"t have a choice, bad parenting- factors that can make an individual commit crime. Vast majority of youth want paid work. Street youth with legitimate jobs have the best chance of survival. At a huge disadvantage in finding a job. Physical appearance (what will they wear to work?)
