SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Anomie, Criminology, Differential Association
6 Dec 2013
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Social factors which lead a teen into crime. Peak period: 17-22 (19 years of age) declining slightly below that. Lack of strong social bonds to various types of conventional adult situations (work, career, family) Presented strong potential rewards for offending (money, status, power, autonomy, respect from peers) Very dependent, so don"t have the same legal and social cost as adults (cyja) Factors which lead a person out of crime: aging out of crime. Informal social controls and containments: goals, education, moving out, getting married, work. Formal sanctions: legalities, wanting to have a job in the future. After age 30 people very few people commit crime. Jeopardization of criminal activities: loss of jobs, loss of friends, loss of friendships. Burnout from criminal activity: loss of nerve, fear of being found out. Why do people say in a life of crime. Subcultures have life expectancy: exit is sometimes only through death of jail.
