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lemert

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  • interactionist
  • primary deviance (act of crime/deviance is not witnessed by anyone else)
  • secondary deviance (act is witnessed and individual is labelled + sfp occurs) e.g. Amy Winehouse
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criminogenic - Gordan

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  • marxists gordon argued capitalism is criminogenic
    (by its very nature it causes crime + deviance)
    e.g. poverty leads to w/c committing petty theft to gain basic necessities
  • m/c committing corporate + white collar crimes for their own personal gain e.g. rise up in status + gain profits
    contemporary example: London riots
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