3 - Dimensions of youth crime Flashcards
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Matza’s concept of drift
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Experimenting with crime
It is not fixed; it is a phase
Factors which push youth to commit crime
‘Where are my rights?’ Why can’t ‘I’ do it?
Looking for freedom
Youth do not take responsibility for their actions and are easily manipulated by factors such as circumstance and pleasure seeking.
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Social-cultural forces
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Gender Ethnicity Indigenous status Social class Family Drug & alcohol abuse Mental illness and cognitive ability
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Struggle for subjectivity
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The search, by the individual…for the conditions that enable him or her to be the actor of his or her own history
Radical uncertainty (e.g. Threat of invisibility)
Disturbances in relations with others (e.g. fragmented and exclusive society)
Attempts to flee ‘the self’ (e.g. Engagement in cultural practices that are extreme and high risk)
