Week 4 Flashcards
Correlate
Phenomenon that accompanies another phenomenon and is related in some way to it.
Main age correlate
15-24.
Adolescence to young adulthood.
Maturational Reform
The fact that people are less likely to commit crime as they grow older.
- Physically incapable
- More people depending on them.
- Socially responsible trajectory of human agency. (Ex: “getting wasted” no longer attractive).
Life Course Theory
Role of age-graded transitions and social controls.
Social bonds and major life events decrease likelihood of involvement in crime.
Romance-Crime Nexus
Males increase criminal behaviour after breaking of nonmarital relationships. When getting into another relationship, increase substance abuse.
Main gender correlate
Males
Role Convergence Hypothesis
As the work roles of women become similar to those of men, so will their involvement in crime.
No increase so far.
Possible explanations for gender crime gap:
Social structure (patriarchial traditions and gender roles). Home: raising children differently based on their gender.
Differential Offending Hypothesis
There are actual differences between racial groups in terms of the incidence, level of seriousness, and persistence of offending patterns.
Differential Treatment Hypothesis
Structured inequality in the administration of justice is responsible for the overrepresentation of minority groups in criminal justice process.
Cultural Theories for IP Overrep.
Common law system’s norms, values, and procedures are often alien to IP which predispose them to conflict.
Issues with Cultural Theories
IP cultures are diverse, assume they have a static culture, assume their behaviour, assume that delinquency is in their culture.
Structural Theories
Criminality in historical context and structures of society. Institutional arrangements that lead to poor access of socially valuable resources.
The Colonial Model
One racial group invades territory of another, colonial society formed, first group is governed by colonizers, caste system developed based on race. Leads to blocked opportunity, and self-destructive coping mechanisms.
Mentocide
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a group’s minds with the ultimate objective being the extirpation of the group.
