The Three Disciplines
To understand an individuals behavior we might ask what factors in their personality led them to commit the crime.
Psychologist
This agent is considered the first emotional tie, and the greatest impact on socialization process.
Family
Business operation that provides illegal goods and services for profit.
The Hell's Angel is involved in this type of crime.
Organized Crime
When people conform to a “group decision” to fit in, leading to poor decision-making.
Groupthink
Says the poor commit crimes to survive, and the rich commit crimes because they are greedy.
Conflict Perspective
To understand an individuals behavior we might attempt to understand what common factors there are between the accused, compared to those like them.
Sociologist
The process by which people become fully functioning members of their society by learning the values, norms, rules, behaviors, ways of being of their society.
Socialization
Most commonly thought of type of crime includes all violent crime, certain property and moral crimes
Street Crime
Changing or maintaining behavior to comply with the norms established by the group.
Group conformity
They view deviance as a key component of a functioning society.
deviance is a necessary part of a successful society. One way deviance is functional, he argued, is that it challenges people’s present views.
Functionalist Perspective
To understand an individuals behavior we might look at the culture and society of the accused, in both past and present (including past human species)
Anthropologist
Teaches students to become productive members or society (work hard =results)
School
Consists of illegal activities committed by people in the course of their employment
Occupational and Corporate Crime
This term assumes that all men are straight and cisgender, and suggests that this is the way they should be (which of course is not true)
Toxic Masculinity
Deviant behavior is a result of gender in-equality.
focuses on the way gender inequality influences a certain group to commit crimes
Feminist Perspective
This agent is influential from late childhood through adolescence and early adulthood. May encourage good/bad habits.
Peers
Illegal or unethical acts involving the misuse of power by government officials
Political Crimes
Focuses on new knowledge, technology and surveillance. These things will prevent people from taking part in crime.
Focuses on social control to prevent crime- emphasizes surveillance of criminals, new knowledge and technology.
Post-Modern Perspective
People tend to develop strong morals, values, beliefs and ethics through this agent of socialization.
Religion
Says deviance is learned through the process of socialization -through interaction with others.
Symbolic Interactionist