What are the social causes of youth crime?

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August 24, 2014

 

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[Cullen (1983: 123-124)] This theory known as labeling or societal reaction theory was formed as a significant paradigm in the 1960s and 1970s. Other deviant theorists tend to focus on the deviant and their behavior, while the labeling theory alters from that and moves on to look at the people who label the deviants and their behaviors...
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Other deviant theorists tend to focus on the deviant and their behavior, while the labeling theory alters from that and moves on to look at the people who label the deviants and their behaviors. Within this perspective, there are four issues that theorists look at (Cullen and Cullen 1978a, b): origin of the "deviant label" or categories of deviant behaviour, who are labeled and why, the effects of labeling on the social system and the question of "Why do people violate social norms?" In the area of the origin of the deviant label, theorists try to explain why one act can be classified as deviant behavior at one time, but perfectly normal at another time...
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