1. Ch. 8-Deviance

2. Today’s Coming Attractions
Why do people commit crimes?
Are people “born Criminals”?
Does mental illness cause crimes?
Does your view of the opportunities you have cause crime?
Do your friends cause you to commit crimes?
Mystery: How can you have a crime with no victim?
Do prisons rehabilitate?

3. Why do people commit crimes?
Biological
Psychological
Sociological

4. Are people “born criminals”?
Lombroso
McNeil Island story

5. Does mental illness cause crime?
Personality patterns
Stabbing story
Pres. Regan story

6. Do your friends cause you to commit crimes?
Edwin H. Sutherland
Differential association
Gangs
Terrorists

7. Does your view of the opportunities you have cause crime?
Cloward and Ohlin
Differential opportunity

8. Mystery: How can you have a crime with no victim?
Drugs
Gambling
Prostitution
Stories

9. Does prison rehabilitate?
Stories

10. Big idea you can use!! Your criminal behavior is influenced by:
Your friends
Groups you are in
Your perception of opportunities
Society’s definition of what is criminal

11. Coming attractions! How much are you worth?
How are you affected by globalization?
How far away are you from being homeless?
Are you poor?
What are your chances of having the “American Dream”?
How to get rich!