CJ511 - Nature of Crime

Module 2 - Social Construction

Readings

• Online Reserves

Discussion Topics

	Provide examples of the moral entrepreneur process. Can you apply this cycle to a variety of policy changes?
	Pfohl discussed the "discovery" of child abuse. Can you provide examples of similar "discoveries?"

Module Links

• Please note that some of these links may be "broken." A variety of links are provided - you are not expected to visit every site. You are encouraged to use Google or another search engine to locate relevant sites not be listed below.

http://www.brocku.ca/commstudies/courses/2F50/SCohd2/html  

http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/200/defdev.html

Howard S. Becker 

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/becker.htm

Rule Creators (Moral Entrepreneurs) 

http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/kansas/medicine/carry.html

http://www.wic.org/bio/lightner.htm

http://madd.org/madd/aboutus/1,1056,1179,00.html

Ironies of Social Control

Gary T. Marx 

http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/ironies.html  

Escalation: Five elements High-speed Chases 

http://aclu-wa.org/issues/criminal/980317chase.html 

Nonenforcement 

Informers: "exchange relationships" 

http://www.drugtext.org/articles/101a.html  

Ends Justifies the Means (Utilitarianism) 

http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2001-03-01/cover.html  

Covert Facilitation - "Lawful Entrapment" 

http://www.pasa.asn.au/paper10covert.htm

http://www.sla.purdue.edu/people/soc/mdeflem/zmarx.htm

"Turn about as Fair Play"

The "Discovery" of Child Abuse

Stephen J. Pfohl 

http://www.tryoung.com/archives/146pfohl.html  

http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/200/intrdev.html  

The History of Social Reaction: Preventive Penology and Society Saving 

The "House of Refuge" Movement 

http://collegecourse.com/sou/crim361/mod12/sld003.htm

http://nyc.gov/html/djj/html/timeline.html

http://www.gurlpages.com/lucky1899/

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC) and a Short-lived Social Reaction 

http://www.nyspcc.org/history.html  

The Juvenile Court and the Continued Shadow of Abuse 

http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/homepage/CentCel.htm  

http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjjournal1299/2.html

Organization of Social Reaction Against the "Battered Child Syndrome"

http://www.yna.org/New%20Pages/ShakenBabySyncrom.html  

The Discovery: An Opportunity for Advancement within the Medical Community

http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dbromley/childabuse.htm

The Shape of Social Reaction 

http://www.childwelfare.com/kids/caintro.htm