CC200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Radical Feminism, Social Control, Criminology
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Chapter 6: different directions in theorizing about youth crime and delinquency. Critical perspective on crime (critical criminology): refers to the group of theories that begins with the assumption that structures of power and oppression are the source of crime (i. e. race, class, gender, age) Tannenbaum rejected the positivist supposition that in order to understand delinquent behaviour it is necessary to determine what those differences are. He argued that: children engage in delinquent behaviour without knowing that others view is as delinquent or bad. He said the best adult response to delinquent behaviour is to do nothing. Process in which the person becomes the thing he is described as being. Secondary deviance: all of the behaviours a person develops as a result of societal responses to his/her primary deviance. The person may begin to develop a self-concept as deviant and act accordingly. Becker: acts are not deviant until they are so defined.
