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Dominant theory up to the late 1970's
Each person is an individual so needs
individual treatment
Rehabilitation will take different time for each
individual - open ended how long it will take
Therefore indeterminate sentencing used
Why do people commit crime?
Do Positivism consider the individual or society as being the cause of crime?
How could you stop people from committing crime from a positivist perspective?
Join gang to associate with other disadvantaged outcasts
Gang values not shared by society
Crime acceptable and a way of gaining acceptance from others
Social stigma to being in the gang, e.g. 'bad', 'deviant', 'dangerous'
React by living up to this 'label'
Society sets success goals, such as the pursuit of wealth
Not all able to achieve this as social disadvantage means few opportunities
Turn to crime?