How important are social and cultural factors as predictors of youth offending? Throughout this essay‚ I am going to be looking at the topic of youth offending. I will be looking at what factors can be used as the predictors for youth offending and in particular I will be researching into how important social and cultural factors as predictors of youth offending. In order to do this‚ I will be looking at different sociologists theories as far as young offending is concerned and what evidence there
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measurement of success is through material gain‚ it is only natural for people to pursue the American Dream by trying to accumulate property and economic prosperity. However‚ unequal access to legitimate economic structures is a source of intense strain‚ rage‚ and anger for Americans. Criminal behavior is a response from those whom society has failed to provide legitimate access to achieving that American Dream (Williams & McShane‚ 2009‚ p.
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What Causes Crime? It is difficult to control or reduce crime without knowing what causes it. Criminology: The scientific study of the nature‚ extent‚ cause and control of criminal behavior. There are various theories about what causes crime. Theories About The Causes Of Crime Choice Theory Biological Theories Psychological Theories Sociological Theories Conflict Theories Integrated Theories Victimization Theories Choice Theory Belief that people commit crime when they perceive
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deviance’ in society today (21 marks) Subcultural theories believe that people who commit a crime share different values to the rest of society. Subculture theories come from two different schools of sociology which are appreciative sociology and strain theory. Appreciative sociology came from the University of Chicago in the early 20th Century; Chicago sociologists were determined to appreciate other lifestyles and cultures in Chicago using a participant observation which existed after a huge number
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In this essay we shall look at what crime is‚ what social problems are‚ and what sociological problems are ‚ how they overlap and we will also look into what sociologists do and look into Robert Merton’s strain theory‚ and also other sociologists views like William Chambliss’s ‘roughnecks and saints’. A crime is the breaking of certain rules laid out by a society i.e. the Government. Crime is said to be ‘activities that break the law and are subject to official punishment (Holborn and Haralambos
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Compare and contrast the two main sociological theories of crime and deviance. Deviance and crime are wide-ranging terms used by sociologists to refer to behavior that varies‚ in some way‚ from a social norm. Cultural Norms are society’s propensity towards certain ideals; their aversion from others; and their standard‚ ritualistic practices. Essentially the ’norm’ is a summation of typical activities and beliefs of group of people. This essay will evaluate the sociological theories associated
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rebellion. The inequality of society’s structure creates a strain‚ as it is often referred to as‚ which causes a move toward anomie. It is the family‚ Merton believes‚ that can do the most in preventing this strain towards anomie. Society has two elements to its structure; cultural goals and
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Summarise labelling theory and then consider its effectiveness in considering youth crime and anti-social behaviour in contemporary British society Labelling theory is the theory of how applying a label to an individual influences their lifestyle‚ and how the social reaction to this label influences the individual. "...social groups create deviance by making rules whose infraction creates deviance‚ and by applying those roles to particular people and labelling them as outsiders. From this point
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Functionalist approach to Crime and Deviance Durkheim Functionalism sees society as based on value consensus. Functionalists argue that in order to achieve this solidarity‚ society has two key mechanisms: socialisation and social control (mechanisms include rewards positive sanctions for conformity‚ and punishments negative sanctions for deviance) The inevitability of crime Durkheim believes that crime is normal‚ and argues there are at least two reasons why crime and deviance are found
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Positivist and Constructionist Theories: Basic Differences Dana L Ward Athens State University Positivist and Constructionist Theories: Basic Differences There is a basic difference in the two theories known as positivist and constructionist in sociology. It is considered determinism. In order to understand the theories and deviance‚ one must understand determinism. What is determinism? It is the belief that everything is already decided and occurs based on every thought‚ action and feeling
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