CRIM 3657 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Neoconservatism, Lawbreakers, Microsociology

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 3657
• Professor: Zachary Levinsky

Document Summary

Crim 3657 - chapter 2: practices of governance and control; theoretical underpinnings. Childhood is the most influential part of an individuals life, everything that happens in their childhood impacts their future. 19th - 20th century working class males were seen problematic, hence the construction of the. Reformable young offender, where one who requires intervention and treated through rehabilitation. Punishable young offender requires punishment first and foremost, leaving reform and rehabilitative interventions as secondary measures. (i. e. government through the law legislation must come down tougher, stronger and harder on problematic offenders (hogeveen)) Youth are seen as punishable rather than reformable (prejudiced impact on youth) Theoretical underpinnings it is the assumptions that discourses, concepts, and implications of various responses to youth crime, and how youth crime is understood and thereby governed (i. e. social praxis, media/popular discourses, etc. ) Debunking is taking taken-for-granted assumptions and searching for deeper meaning.