SOCL 2001 : Exam 3/Final Notes
Document Summary
Theories of crime & deviance: rational choice/exchange theory, people make their own decisions and should bear the consequences, biological theories, people commit crimes because they have certain physical characteristics, in 1800s there were very racist theories , ex. Looked at bumps on the head, having bushy eyebrows characteristics of a neanderthal. Called these criminal types an atavistic man evolutionary throwback. He talked about crimes of passion: glueck and glueck studies (1950s) Thought they could predict criminal types by a person"s physical features. Took photographs of men in prison in boston. Lots of money to be made in treatment. Ex. a kid won"t pay attention in class, give him a pill. Don"t have to worry about what"s wrong with the education system or the student"s thought on right and wrong. There are drugs being given out to way more people than actually need them (athletes use add medications as performance enhancing drugs: structural-functional theories of crime, shaw & mckay social disorganization.
