cultural criminology

Question 1

cultural criminology explained

Answer 1

high emotional nature of crime - interested in how committing the crime makes people feel

Question 2

katz 1988

Answer 2

social characteristic focused explanations fail to take into account the seductions of crime
- it has selfish and individualistic motivations

Question 3

young 2003 - transgression

Answer 3

working clas deviance is about transgression
- bulimic society where citizens are encouraged to worship success but are deprived of it
- intensity of exclusion includes feelings of deprivation as well as resentment and humiliation

Question 4

lyng 2005 - edgework

Answer 4

cultural boundaries that are explored as a form of deviance
- lead to intense feelings of fear and anxiety
- seen as an escape from the mainstream societal constraints

Question 5

ferrall 1999

Answer 5

crime is a result of anger, humiliation and excitment rather than a rational decision