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| Merton's theory of deviant adaptation |
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- conformity
- innovation
- ritualism
- retreatism
- rebellion |
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- following of a group of same age through the developmental trajectory
- follow up interviews over time |
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| a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence |
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| The 1994 Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Act, required states to implement a sex-offender registration program. 1996: Wetterling amended by Megan's Law. |
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•Values are ridden with conflict
•Interests are often not reconcilable •Conflicts have social origins sometimes rooted in resources
•Groups have unequal power
•The state/ govt. is not neutral
•Multiple groups have different stakes •Crime results from conflict
•Crime can be controlled by reducing the sources of conflict |
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how deviant status is ascribed to people or forms of behavior
- primary/ secondary deviance, moral crusades |
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| mandatory life prison sentence for anyone convicted of a 3rd felony |
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| Chicago school (social disorganization perspective) |
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| The theory directly links crime rates to neighborhood ecological characteristics; a core principle of social disorganization theory is that place matters. |
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| Techniques of neutralization |
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theoretical series of methods by which those who commit illegitimate acts temporarily neutralize certain values within themselves which would normally prohibit them from carrying out such acts, such as morality, obligation to abide by the law, and so on.
1) Denial of responsibility. We acknowledge doing the behavior considered wrong, but we claim that we had no choice—that we had to do or we were forced to do so.
2) Denial of injury. We acknowledge doing the wrong action, but we claim that no one was harmed by what we did, so it really shouldn’t be a problem.
3) Blaming the victim. We acknowledge that people were hurt by our actions, but we claim that though we did the action, it was really the victim’s fault—they brought about or otherwise deserved our behavior.
4) Condemn the condemners. We abdicate all responsibility for our behavior, and instead we point to the people condemning us. They are the problem, not us. What they have done wrong excuses our behavior.
5) Appealing to a higher loyalty. We claim that while we violated some social norms, we’re actually adhering to other norms and loyalties, and these higher principles justify our behavior. |
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incapacity to know the nature of action
-did the accused know the difference between right and wrong? -right wrong test |
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