CRIM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8 : General Strain Theory, White-Collar Crime, Social Learning Theory
22 Nov 2016
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Continue to be the most prevalent and widely accepted of all criminological theories. Between 60-75% of the theorizing in criminology can be attributed to the field of sociology alone. Long standing relationship between sociology and criminology. Durkheim, the founder of academic sociology in france in the late 1800s and sociology department at university of chicago. Chapter 2 and tutorial 1 on crime and the media made reference to becker"s labelling theory and cohen"s subsequences work on social problems and moral panics. Most critical criminologists mentioned in chapter 9, tutorial 6, came out of the discipline of society. Quinney known for his work on peace-making criminology and young for his work on left realism were sociologists. Braithwaite"s reintegrative shaming theory is underpinned by subcultural theory, labelling theory, social control theory, and social learning theory. Garland"s book the culture of control mentioned in chapter 9, tutorial 6 is a sociological explanation of punishment.
