CRIM 012 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Trait Theory, Masculinity, Impulsivity
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Explore the sources of ideas in general social conditions. Are characterized by the argument that is the ideas themselves, rather than the social conditions that directly cause crime. The complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a society. Argued that crime is caused by status frustration that originates when lower-class youth fail to live up to middle-class measuring rods. Middle class values: respect (authority), education, careers, family, loyalty to friends and family, hard-work, trust, money spending. Short- run hedonism: the seeking of immediate gratification to desires without regard to long-term consequences. (examples: money spending and savings, education (waiting 4 to 7 years for a degree to get a job) Why do we do crime: lower-class delinquents react against middle class values, there is lower-class culture with its own set values and attitudes to which delinquents conform. Lower class has focal concerns 6 specific focal concerns outlines:
