Social Reaction Theory

The view that people become criminals when labeled as such and when they accpet the label as a personal identity

-explains society’s role in creatin deviance

-explains why some juvenile offenders do not become adult criminals

Reflexivity-look at ourselves through the lens of others

norms are defined by people and power

sometimes we label entire groups of people or indivduals

Sucessful Degradation Cermony

-a course of action or ritual in which someone’s identity is publicly redefined and destryoed and they are thereafter viewed as socailly unaccepted

Social Conflict Theory

-the struggle for power in society

Critical criminologist believe the cause of crime can be linked to economic, social, and political dispartiy

Contemporary Critical Criminology

economic and social contexts of crime

-connection between social class crime, and social control

Those in power have the power to keep people arginalized and also power to turn people into criminals

Defining crime and justice

Crime is a political concept designed to protect those in power and position of the upper clases at the expense of the poor

The Cause of Crime:

Surplus Value-profits produced by laboring classes that are accured by business owners

-people don’t have pay to survive, support themselves, and thei rfamily

-their work is benifitting a

Marganlization

-the marganilzation of people in our country create crimes

Developmental Theories

-everything about your life has brought to you where you are right now

Life Course Theory

-the view that criminality is a dynamic process influenced by social experiences

-the earlier someone starts offending the more at risk it puts them

-early onsent of criminality

-studies changing in offending pattern

Fundamentals

Problem behavior syndrome

-some people have a vast amount of risk factors that make it hard for them to overcome struggle

-the more problem behavior someone has, the more they have to offending

Pathways to crimes

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Age of Onsent

-when is it starting

Adolescent Limited and Life Course Persistert

Age Graded Theory

Turning Points

Social Capital-

-agree that formal and informal social controls restric