SOCIOL 3410 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Malum Prohibitum, Motor Vehicle Theft, Money Laundering
9 Oct 2018
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Traditional authority: ex: sacred rules through generations that are withheld, 2. Charismatic behavior arbitrary rules of leader: ex: north korean leader, 3. People are rational actors, weigh cost & benefit: 2. While criminality is largely evenly distributed across society: opportunities drive crime rate, the chemistry of crime: three things have to come together in time & space, 1. Social ills transiency (people moving in and out) no attachments: 2. Heterogeneity (different cultures = differences) family disruption: 3. Family disruption: william julius wilson"s work on poverty, poverty concentration: when middle class families can leave, they do. If you are left behind, you are truly disadvantaged: they are also minorities, redlining don"t sell to blacks. Learned with interaction with other person"s in a process of communication need others: principle part of criminal behavior occurs within intimate personal groups, when criminal behavior is learned, learning includes techniques:
