CRM 1300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Street Prostitution, Social Disorganization Theory, Labeling Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Steven Bittle

Document Summary

Anomie/strain v: cloward & ohlin"s: delinquency and opportunity. People have different opportunity to participate in both legal and illegal opportunity structures. You need to be exposed to deviant opportunities in order to behave in that manner: critical ingredients in production of crime is the degree of interaction between illicit and licit worlds. 3 main patterns: (1) stable criminal patterns: close link between legitimate and illegitimate opportunities (organized, profit-oriented crime) When presented with legitimate options, there is an equal illegitimate option presented to them. If they can"t achieve certain goals, then the illegitimate option is there and present. Role models in both legitimate and illegitimate models: (2) conflict pattern: both legitimate and illegitimate opportunities are blocked, young criminals have few role models, crime is spontaneous, disorganized and violent. Expression of frustration with society, they are not getting taught pro social behavior: (3) retreatist patterns: criminals who are double failures" rejecting both legitimate and illegitimate opportunities.