Lemert Explain Street-Level Drug Sales
1. How would Lemert explain street level drug sales?
Lermert would explain street level drugs sales in a few step. Step one would be the youth or individual steals something minor, like something from a close friend, neighbor, or family. Step two would be the informal social reaction where the victim, get angry and upset. Step three would be the offender continues to continue to engage in street level drugs. Step four, There is increase informal social reaction. Possibly from family members who are not happy with the individuals behavior. Step five, would be the individuals commit more and increased street level drug sales. Step six, would be a formal reaction where the individual is charged for street level drugs in juvenile court for youth. …show more content…
Step seven would be the youth offender is now labeled delinquent by the court and bad by their friends, family and neighborhood. Step eight would be that the youth begins to think of himself as delinquent because that’s what everybody else thinks, so he joins other individuals in the same boat as far as behavior. Step nine would be the youth commits a more serious deviant act with drug dealing like giving drugs to minor’s to get more money. Last step, is step ten which is he returns to juvenile court, and because of his record and rap sheet of multiple deviant criminal behaviors the court, and has to stay in the juvenile system where he is cast out from society, and has no choice but to adopt deviant lifestyle.
2. How does Lemert's theory differ from Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory in explaining crime?
(Kurbrin, Stucky, & Krohn, 2009) Lemert’s labeling theory and Gottfredson & Hirschi’s self control theories are very different in their own way.
The main focus of the self-control theory is that self-control accounts for a difference in the extent to which people are vulnerable to temptations. Gottfredson and Hirschi would view the individuals that did not give into temptation of criminal behavior as high self-control. The individuals that did give into temptations of criminal behavior were considered of low self-control. The individual with has low self control will always have a greater risk to give in to committing crime. The Labeling theory by Lemerts explained when people identify and behave in ways that reflect how others label and view them. This theory also explains how labeling these indivudal and them becoming an outcast can affect the behaviors. This theory is to point out how social rproccesses of labeling and treating someoneas criminally deviant actually fosters deviant behavior and has a negative repercussion for that person because other are likely to be bias toward the offender because of the …show more content…
label.
3.
Develop 4 policies against street level drugs sales that are implied by Lemert's theory.
• One policy program that would be a great idea, would be for youth and there parents/guadians to come to explaining that everyone is equal no matter what they done in the past and everyone deserves a second chance. Just to explain that it is important to be unbiased towards others, because it does affects their behaviors. (Diversion away from the criminal justice system)
• Another policy would criminal background no discrimination so these individuals can have fair shot at employment at certain jobs, that has nothing to do with children or law. More like construction work, (handy jobs).. This idea help for hiring process made equally, and for some jobs to become unbiased when it comes to hiring. (Decriminalization)
• Therapy which would be instead of detainingindividuals in the slammer, this idea would act as an alternate indstead of arresting this individuals. Therapy would help them with their behavior and to not feel so much as people judging them and labeling them as delinquent. Therapy would be to reduce those feelings and emotions, making it less likely for them to act out with criminal behaviors. (similar to
deinstitutionalization)
• Due process could be another policy where all individuals should be treated equally with judges, police officers, criminal justice professionals. They need to come in with an open and neutral mind to make these individuals feel like they are not being judge by the crime they committed..
Lermert would explain street level drugs sales in a few step. Step one would be the youth or individual steals something minor, like something from a close friend, neighbor, or family. Step two would be the informal social reaction where the victim, get angry and upset. Step three would be the offender continues to continue to engage in street level drugs. Step four, There is increase informal social reaction. Possibly from family members who are not happy with the individuals behavior. Step five, would be the individuals commit more and increased street level drug sales. Step six, would be a formal reaction where the individual is charged for street level drugs in juvenile court for youth. …show more content…
Step seven would be the youth offender is now labeled delinquent by the court and bad by their friends, family and neighborhood. Step eight would be that the youth begins to think of himself as delinquent because that’s what everybody else thinks, so he joins other individuals in the same boat as far as behavior. Step nine would be the youth commits a more serious deviant act with drug dealing like giving drugs to minor’s to get more money. Last step, is step ten which is he returns to juvenile court, and because of his record and rap sheet of multiple deviant criminal behaviors the court, and has to stay in the juvenile system where he is cast out from society, and has no choice but to adopt deviant lifestyle.
2. How does Lemert's theory differ from Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory in explaining crime?
(Kurbrin, Stucky, & Krohn, 2009) Lemert’s labeling theory and Gottfredson & Hirschi’s self control theories are very different in their own way.
The main focus of the self-control theory is that self-control accounts for a difference in the extent to which people are vulnerable to temptations. Gottfredson and Hirschi would view the individuals that did not give into temptation of criminal behavior as high self-control. The individuals that did give into temptations of criminal behavior were considered of low self-control. The individual with has low self control will always have a greater risk to give in to committing crime. The Labeling theory by Lemerts explained when people identify and behave in ways that reflect how others label and view them. This theory also explains how labeling these indivudal and them becoming an outcast can affect the behaviors. This theory is to point out how social rproccesses of labeling and treating someoneas criminally deviant actually fosters deviant behavior and has a negative repercussion for that person because other are likely to be bias toward the offender because of the …show more content…
label.
3.
Develop 4 policies against street level drugs sales that are implied by Lemert's theory.
• One policy program that would be a great idea, would be for youth and there parents/guadians to come to explaining that everyone is equal no matter what they done in the past and everyone deserves a second chance. Just to explain that it is important to be unbiased towards others, because it does affects their behaviors. (Diversion away from the criminal justice system)
• Another policy would criminal background no discrimination so these individuals can have fair shot at employment at certain jobs, that has nothing to do with children or law. More like construction work, (handy jobs).. This idea help for hiring process made equally, and for some jobs to become unbiased when it comes to hiring. (Decriminalization)
• Therapy which would be instead of detainingindividuals in the slammer, this idea would act as an alternate indstead of arresting this individuals. Therapy would help them with their behavior and to not feel so much as people judging them and labeling them as delinquent. Therapy would be to reduce those feelings and emotions, making it less likely for them to act out with criminal behaviors. (similar to
deinstitutionalization)
• Due process could be another policy where all individuals should be treated equally with judges, police officers, criminal justice professionals. They need to come in with an open and neutral mind to make these individuals feel like they are not being judge by the crime they committed..