CRI205H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Counterculture, Microsociology, Labeling Theory
20 Jun 2020
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Effects of labelling: lower self-image, self-labelling, deviance amplification, antisocial beh. , school failure, alienation, labelling and criminal careers labelling sustains criminality over time, critiques of labelling theory. Inability to specify the conditions that must exist before an act or individual is labelled deviant: fails to explain differences in crime rates. Enterprise crimes illegal acts of opportunity that involve breaking regulatory rules for the purpose of financial gain: corporate crime is not prosecuted criminally the same way that street crime is. Green-collar crime crimes against the environment, usually for profit (ex. environmental dumping for corporate profits: 3. Organized crime illegal acts committed by a gang, such as drug trafficking (illegal marketing techniques: related to cyber crime (illegal acts using computer technology for illicit gain (fraud) and moral crimes (child porn) Pollution, resource mismanagement, destruction of way of life. Unsafe work conditions, pension fund abuse, benefit fraud.
