SOCY 389 Chapter 1,5: Week 1_SOCY389
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Traditional male based theories: strain theories, link between poverty and criminality, strain between what a person has and what they need/want, learning theories, differential association stresses that criminality is learned through social behaviours, control theories, explains conformity rather than deviance, individuals wont act on criminal impulses if they have strong institutional ties i. e schools, parents, teachers, but when these ties are weakened is when criminality occurs. Feminist perspectives: boys and girls are socialized differently, therefore the types of crimes differs, gender inequalities of power i. e prostitution idea that negative/coercive relationships with males provide and important social context in which female delinquency unfolds self defense, typical delinquent from a feminist perspective analysis, sexually abused by family member, runs away from home to escape abuse, engages in illegal activity as a way to survive, comes in contact with males that foster further criminal activity, self medicates with drugs, and continues demoralizing violence such as abuse.