CRIM 2650 Study Guide - Final Guide: Standpoint Theory, Labeling Theory, Enculturation
10 Apr 2014
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Post modern sensibility: subcultural criminologists are interested in the origins of meaning. Various lifestyle choices dictate meaning as do different cultures and regions. Clifford geertz"s concept of culture analysis of semiotics. >we are all caught in the web of culture, webs are spun by the participants of certain area. Culture gives our life and our behaviour meaning: cultural deviance theory, labelling theory: becker and cohen. Stanley cohen: moral panic: the media is implicated in defining the moral boundaries within a society. It is an ensemble of stories we tell ourselves about ourselves- narratives. Culture gives our life and our behavior meaning. Culture as web of significance that gives our life and our behaviours meaning. Ensemble of stories we tell ourselves about ourselves narratives. Focus on deviant youth subcultures: lifestyle choices. Focus on deviant youth subcultures and lifestyle choices. Important to study, they rebel against social norms. E. g. the chav (britain) young person, not educated or employed.
