SOCL 4461 : Sociology 4461 Test 2
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Is theft rational: seems more likely to be random acts of criminal opportunity than well-thought-out conspiracies. Is drug use rational: research: at the onset, drug use is controlled by rational decision making. Incapacitation: does incarceration control crime, advocates of incapacitation suggest that this growth in the prison/jail population is directly. 6 responsible for the decade-long decline in the crime rate: opponents claim little evidence that incapacitating criminal will deter them from future crime. 11: in areas where collective efficacy is high, children are less likely to become involved with deviant peers and engage in problem behavior. Socially approved means of obtaining them: social adaptations. 15: people with explosive tempers, overly sensitive or emotional, low tolerance for adversity, and poor problem-solving skills are more crime prone. U. s. culture: status frustration, lower-class youth experience culture conflict because social conditions make them incapable of achieving success legitimately, example: gangs. Learning is a by-product of interaction: 3.
