2. Unit 6

3.  Webliography  KU Writing Center  Communication › Tel: 786 319 9514 › Email via course Questions/ Comments/Concerns

4.  This seminar will address the various causes of strain and anomie, and will describe the types of crimes explained by this theoretical approach.

5.  We will also discuss how middle and upper class crimes can possibly apply to these theories as well.

6.  Social disorganization theory  Strain theory  Cultural deviance theory

7.  Branch of social structure theory that sees crime as a function of the conflict between people’s goals and the means available to obtain these goals

8.  Failure to achieve positively valued goals  Disjunction of expectations and achievements

9.  Removal of positively valued stimuli  Presentation of negative stimuli

10.  Anomie theory  Institutional anomie theory  Relative deprivation theory  General strain theory

11.  People who adopt the goals of society but lack the means to attain them seek alternatives such as crime  Points out how competition for success creates conflict and crime

12.  Suggests that social conditions, not personality, can account for crime  Explains high lower class crime rates

13.  Material goods pervade all aspects of American life  Explains why crime rates are so high in American culture

14.  Crime occurs when the wealthy and poor live close to one another  Explains high crime rates in deteriorated inner-city areas located near more affluent neighborhoods

15.  Strain has a variety of sources and causes crime in the absence of adequate coping mechanisms  Identifies the complexities of strain in modern society  Expands on anomie theory

16.  Shows the influence of social events on behavior over the life course  Explains middle-class crimes

17.  “The Departed”  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/

18.  Any questions/comments/concerns?

19.  This seminar will address the role of socialization in crime causation.  We will elaborate why many children are influenced by their social environment to commit crimes, which often lead them to continue their behavior into adolescence.

20.  Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2008). Criminal Behavior: A Psychosocial Approach, Eighth Edition. Prentice Hall.  O'Connor, T. (2010, January 18). Criminology Mega Site. Retrieved April 2010, from MegaLinks in Criminal Justice: http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/criminology.htm#HISTORY  Schmalleger, F. (2010). Criminology: A Brief Introduction. Prentice Hall.  Siegel, L. (2007). Criminology: The Core, 3rd Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.