CRJS 1001 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
Hirischi and the social bond
people are more likely to turn to illegitimate means if their bonds to society are weak or broken
1. attachment: ties with others
2. commitment: degree someone pursues goals
3. involvement: degree someone is active in activities
4. belief: values and legitimacy of the law
Gottfredsom and self control
people with low self control are more likely to commit crime
social control implications
parenting and education
strain theories
crime occurs when something unusual happens that effects the institutions that contribute to a smooth
running society
strain theory: Durkheim and anomie
anomie and normlessness:
-when social cohesion breaks down and isolation is great, society loses social control mechanisms
institutional anomie: imbalance of values hat favour the economy
merton and the gap
gap between aspirations and means to achieve them
the morality curve
the best way to reduce too much power n the elite is to target frequent acts of immorality
inequality produces too much power for the elite
policy implications of the morality curve
inequality and opportunity structures: to commit crime
legitimate opportunity structures: to reduce crime
critiques of theories under the consensus approach
biological and psychological: -tautological reasoning
-stereotypes and prejudices against mental illness
labelling theory and differential association:
-is labelling applied accurately
-doesn't account for class, gendered or radicalized differences
, social disorganization: ecological fallacy
social control:
-overlooks social conditioning like inequality, political or economic structures
strain theory:
-doesnt account for other social differences such as gender
-
consensus approach
law does represent the values and norms of society
symbolic interactionism
1. people act according to objects in their lives and the meanings
2. meanings emerge from interactions among people
3. meanings are applied and modified
deviant career: drift
few young people have strong commitment to deviance and therefore they drift between conventional
and deviant
the deviant career
most important concept for interactionist theories of crime
primary deviation: commits deviant acts frequently but doesnt self identify
secondary deviation: becomes a way of life
moral rhetorics: claims and used to justify ones deviant behaviour
agents of social control
police, judges etc
moral entrepreneurs
people who advocate new rules and laws for the different enforcement of existing laws
deviant career contingencies
career contingency
continuance commitment
differential association
through interactions people learn the values and techniques of criminal behaviour
criminal identities and differential association
social category that deviants are placed
1. appearance, actions, etc.
2. community identification
policy implications of differential association
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
Hirischi and the social bond
people are more likely to turn to illegitimate means if their bonds to society are weak or broken
1. attachment: ties with others
2. commitment: degree someone pursues goals
3. involvement: degree someone is active in activities
4. belief: values and legitimacy of the law
Gottfredsom and self control
people with low self control are more likely to commit crime
social control implications
parenting and education
strain theories
crime occurs when something unusual happens that effects the institutions that contribute to a smooth
running society
strain theory: Durkheim and anomie
anomie and normlessness:
-when social cohesion breaks down and isolation is great, society loses social control mechanisms
institutional anomie: imbalance of values hat favour the economy
merton and the gap
gap between aspirations and means to achieve them
the morality curve
the best way to reduce too much power n the elite is to target frequent acts of immorality
inequality produces too much power for the elite
policy implications of the morality curve
inequality and opportunity structures: to commit crime
legitimate opportunity structures: to reduce crime
critiques of theories under the consensus approach
biological and psychological: -tautological reasoning
-stereotypes and prejudices against mental illness
labelling theory and differential association:
-is labelling applied accurately
-doesn't account for class, gendered or radicalized differences
, social disorganization: ecological fallacy
social control:
-overlooks social conditioning like inequality, political or economic structures
strain theory:
-doesnt account for other social differences such as gender
-
consensus approach
law does represent the values and norms of society
symbolic interactionism
1. people act according to objects in their lives and the meanings
2. meanings emerge from interactions among people
3. meanings are applied and modified
deviant career: drift
few young people have strong commitment to deviance and therefore they drift between conventional
and deviant
the deviant career
most important concept for interactionist theories of crime
primary deviation: commits deviant acts frequently but doesnt self identify
secondary deviation: becomes a way of life
moral rhetorics: claims and used to justify ones deviant behaviour
agents of social control
police, judges etc
moral entrepreneurs
people who advocate new rules and laws for the different enforcement of existing laws
deviant career contingencies
career contingency
continuance commitment
differential association
through interactions people learn the values and techniques of criminal behaviour
criminal identities and differential association
social category that deviants are placed
1. appearance, actions, etc.
2. community identification
policy implications of differential association
