Street Deviance Street Crime/Delinquents Con Artists

Street Crime I. Delinquents/Criminals A. Subculture of Violence Hypothesis B. Wolfgang’s Study of Homicide 1. Time 2. Alcohol 3. Relationship 4. Race 5. Sex

Street Crime 6. Age 7. Motives 8. Prior Criminal Background 9.Victim-Precipitated Homicides

Street Crime l Wolfgang’s Delinquency in a Birth Cohort Longitudinal Study of 9,945 boys born in Philadelphia in /3 had some police contact Chronic Offender (repeated contact) 6% of Sample

Street Crime l Arrest and Court Experience Inversely Related to Recidivism l Cohort II New Sample: Born in 1958 Larger: 28,000 (13,500 Males) Chronic Offender=7.5% of Sample More Violent than Original Cohort

Street Crime l Selective Incapacitation Peter Greenwood--RAND Corp. Study Predicting Criminality Prison Conviction on Same Charge Incarceration for more than Half of Preceding Two Years Conviction of Crime Before Age 16

Selective Incapacitation Incarceration in a Juvenile Facility Drug Use during Preceding Two Years Drug Use as a Juvenile Employed Less Than One Half Preceding Two Years

Selective Incapacitation l Problems: False Positives False Negatives l Gun Control l Robbery

Street Deviance Con Artists Short Cons vs. Long Cons Short Cons are designed to obtain whatever money the victim has on his person at the time he’s approached. Thousands of variations.

Street Deviance l Con Games l Examples include: Pickpocketing, three card monte scams, circus grifters. l The social organization of con games— roles and players.

Street Deviance l Pickpocketing: The Mark, The Tool, the Stall, “Fanning” l Three Card Monte Slides, Shills and Slingers Most lose their money in three bets or less.

Street Deviance l Shell Game—find the pea l Circus Grifters Essentially two types: Short changing by ticket sellers or “gaff joints.” Bucket Joint, Bottle Joint, Others l Fortune Telling Con Goffman’s article Cooling out the Mark.