Book chapter
Cultural Processes, Social Order, and Criminology
The Handbook of Criminological Theory, pp.241-270
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
10/13/2015
DOI: 10.1002/9781118512449.ch13
Abstract
This chapter examines the broad criminological research which specifies deviant, criminal, and violent behavior as a product of the interaction between individuals, local context, and cultural systems. It proceeds with a discussion of perspectives from the early Chicago school, Shaw and McKay, and anomie and strain theorists, finally concluding with criticism of these perspectives, notably by systemic theorists and cultural attenuation perspectives. The chapter focuses on the propositions derived from urban sociology and recent cognitive‐based accounts. It traces the revival of cultural perspectives on deviant behavior, and carefully articulates the way culture is understood conceptually in more recent and refined perspectives. The chapter discusses the work of scholars such as William Julius Wilson, Elijah Anderson, and those invoking E. Goffman's notion of frames, while additionally focusing on more abstract notions of culture, including A. Swidler's “toolkit,” P. Bourdieu's habitus, and S. Vaisey's dual‐process model.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cultural Processes, Social Order, and Criminology
- Creators
- Mark T BergEric A SevellEric A Stewart
- Contributors
- Alex R Piquero (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Handbook of Criminological Theory, pp.241-270
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781118512449.ch13
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hoboken, NJ
- Number of pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/13/2015
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282463202771
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