SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Juvenile Delinquency, Travis Hirschi, Michael R. Gottfredson
9 Oct 2012
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Reactions to merton: albert cohen: study of delinquency, status frustration . Formation of delinquency subcultures in youth: replacement of values occurs. Adrenaline rush of being caught or not, economic ideas, etc. Another reaction to merton: richard cloward and lloyd ohlin: differential opportunity theory, differential access to illegitimate opportunities. Hierarchy: inequality in access to crime success (ex: drug dealing) Modern version of strain theory: robert agnew"s general strain theory: idea of general goals (in addition to money) Marriage, having children, owning house, travel, career, etc. Ex: parents split up one parent leaves and doesn"t want to have contact with the child. Ex: beating a child, grounding for 2 days vs. 2 months, etc. Ex: don"t want to listen to teachers = low grades = dropout. Another modern version of strain: steve messner and richard rosenfeld"s institutional. Anomie theory : u. s. high crime rate due to culture, american dream erodes norms of society.
