The language of sociology is made up of vague, often meaningless jargon designed to dull the senses and distort reality. This is particularly true when criminologists talk about crime and criminal justice. The destroyers of precise, vivid English have given us mindless phrases such as "anti-social behavior," "juvenile delinquent," "root causes," and "reform school." In the vocabulary of sociology, depraved behavior became "deviant behavior." The concept of "root causes" makes society, not the individual, responsible for horrific criminal acts. Sociologists are responsible for the concept of "social justice," code word for collective guilt. In the world of sociology, personal responsibility for one's behavior simply does not exist.
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Can't both society and the individual be responsible?
ReplyDeleteHey, don't forget the rotten childhood excuse! I had a horrible abusive childhood, so that's my excuse for acting like a D*bag and/or committing some kind of horrifying crime. I just haven't figured out what horrifying crime to do yet!
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