Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
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Discover the two approaches to understanding juvenile delinquency in this free course. Explore the psychological and sociological perspectives, examining what causes individuals to behave badly and why certain behaviors are defined as disorderly. Gain insights into Eysenck’s personality theory, the Cambridge Study of Delinquent Development, and the works of Becker, Cohen, and Hall. Expand your knowledge on the factors that contribute to criminal behavior and the labeling of deviant actions.
This free course, Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency, will introduce two approaches to understanding juvenile delinquency. The psychological approach focuses on examining what makes some individuals, but not others, behave badly. The sociological approach looks at why some individuals and some behaviours, but not others, are defined as disorderly.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Compare and contrast two different approaches to studying juvenile delinquency
Understand psychological approaches to studying juvenile delinquency such as Eysenck’s personality theory and the Cambridge Study of Delinquent Development behaviour which focus on explaining why some individuals commit crimes yet others do not
Understand sociological approaches to studying juvenile delinquency, such as those by Howard Becker, Stanley Cohen, and Stuart Hall and his colleagues, which focus on explaining why some individuals and some behaviours are labelled as deviant while
Others are not.
