University:
Seton Hall University
Course:
CRIM3550AA | History of Criminological Theory
Academic year:

2024
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163

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1
Author:

Andrea B.

October 19, 2023, History of Criminological Theory In-class notes - - - - - D.A.Q- Priority, Intensity, Frequency, and duration of Contact with Pro-Criminal Attitudes o If > 1, then subject will become criminal. o If < 1 then subject will become law abiding o This D.A. explains both how people become criminals and how they become law abiding people. o This is a metaphor. Sutherland’s Professional Thief o Four defining characteristics  Stealing only full-time job  Crime, AKA, “cappers” are carefully planned in advance.  M.O.: manipulation of victim, who are called “marks”, and “cools” them out by implicating them in scheme-giving or providing them an illegal service. Never use violence.  Migrate from city to city to pull cappers when things get “too hot” but maintain a homebase. White Collar Crime (1949) o Studied 70 biggest corporations in 1929. Found corporations were convicted of 980 infractions for an X of 14 per corporation in that one year. Normative Conflict (Basic Principle on which D.A. Rests) o Different Association Process- microscopic: explains why one person becomes a criminal, while another one does not. o Differential Social organization- macro: why one group of people have higher crime rates than another.  Gender, nationality, races, age, families (broken), social class #6 is telling you the DAQ quotient in notes online.