Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Structural Unemployment, Plur, Squeegee
21 Mar 2016
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We have a growth of the service sector: constrains more bad jobs . Young people (15-24) are the most susceptible to unemployment -- esp. those with the fewest educational credentials (this is a theme since the 1970s) Denial of both an income + a work-based identity = possible threat to public order. Study (1960-1970) shows that the relationship between unemployment and crime was not always very evident. 40 young thieves studied came from a disadvantaged background. Researcher acknowledged that there were working class adolescents in the same community who didn"t become thieves: those who did had access to the criminal networks described by cloward and. Theft = short career (usually around 3 years) Attracts disaffiliated youth from all over: strain theorists: focus on delinquency as a function of blocked opportunities, control theorist: focus on social bonds, differential association: social networks of adolescents. Theorist in this study want to focus on food and shelters connection: situational precursors.
