SOC212H1 Lecture 7: Lecture 7
Document Summary
Life histories and criminal apprenticeship: critiques of existing theory or coherent, combines chicago and merton"s strain, freudian psychology is involved as well. Interest in social structure and class, with chicago emphasis on process: rooted in lower-class, concentration on structural elements such as strain, individual, subculture tries to learn at process; the learning aspect behavior, etc. Theoretical perspectives: differential associations: edwin sutherland, stresses the content of communication with others. If you have criminal friends you will be criminal: not just associations with criminals, but definitions provided by, the quality and weight of definitions associates. Definitions favorable to crime and law regulations. Exam question (which one of these will sutherland not agree with) It is learned in interaction with other in a process of communication: criminal behavior is learned. Culture of delinquency: albert cohen, delinquency concentrated in lower classes, everyone competes for status, but not everyone competes equally, middle class measuring rod. Most institutions in society are middle class institutions.
