Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Burglary, Party Going
22 Oct 2013
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Demographic characteristic of residential burglers tends to be disproportionately young, male and poor. Aim is to explore the extent to which the decision to commit a residential burglarly is the process of careful calculation/deliberation. In a majority of cases, decision to commit the crime was to satisfy the immediate problem of money (day to day survival) A few committed burglarly out of a pure addiction" to money. 3/4s out of the offenders asked, they used this money for various forms of high living often associated with illicit drugs/ pleasure seeking experiences. Lemert labeled these behaviors as self enclosed systems of behavior"-> Image of actors involved in offending without significant thought, embarked voluntarily on one course of action (trying heroin) which leads them to the unanticipated activity of robbery to fulfill such a habit. Certain interviewees simply had a drug problem and were willing to take any steps necessary to fulfill the addiction.
