CRIM 1650 Chapter Notes -Shoplifting, Child Abuse, Anomie

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Commitment (to school, to laws, goals, to oneself) Can restrain people from acting on their desire to act illegally. If you don"t have these things it causes problems. Durkheim- we are moral beings as long as we are social beings (if you can tbe social with people, you are immoral) Internalizing norms (comparing an abnormal life to your life) Anomie (society has let you down- someone couldn"t care less what happens to them; no one can help you) Assumes that the organization of society is such that the interests of most persons would be endangered if they were to engage in criminal acts. Beliefs are treated as mere words when other forms of control are missing. (eg love is a form of control; 1) if you believe your parents love you and then they don"t, you won"t care what you do! 2) child abuse- not beat children, but love them) Rationalization of the act and the belief are in it.