Exam 5: Social Reaction, Social Conflict, and Delinquency

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Technological advances such as efficient and widespread commercial airline traffic, improvements in telecommunications (ranging from global cell phone connectivity to the Internet), and the growth of international trade, have all aided the growth in illicit transnational activities.
These changes have facilitated the cross-border movement of goods and people, conditions exploited by criminals who now use Internet chat rooms to plan their activities.
Gangs can now cross unpatrolled borders to expand their activities to new regions of the world.
Transnational crime groups freely exploit this new freedom to travel to regions where they cannot be extradited, base their operations in countries with ineffective or corrupt law enforcement, and launder their money in countries with bank secrecy or few effective controls.
Globalization has allowed both individual offenders and criminal gangs to gain tremendous operational benefits while reducing risks of apprehension and punishment.
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Symbolic interaction theory holds that people communicate via symbols-gestures signs, words, or images-that stand for or represent something else.For example, when you see a person with a gold ring on the fourth finger of his left hand you know he is married. The ring is not merely a piece of jewelry but a representation or symbol of the wearer's status. It tells you that he lives a conventional lifestyle, is most likely emotionally stable, ready for commitment, and so on.
Wearing an expensive watch such as a Rolex symbolizes that the owner is successful, wealthy, and confident; this is referred to as a status symbol . A Rolex may keep no better time than a Timex, yet one conveys an image of wealth and success and the other of thrift and frugality.
Sometimes symbols take the form of a gesture. If a guy asks a girl out on a date and she rolls her eyes, shakes her head, and turns her back, he quickly gets the message: This is not going to work.  Body language is open to interpretation and can be easily misread.People often interpret symbolic gestures from others and incorporate them in their self-image. When a teacher puts an A on your paper, it tells you that you are an excellent student, and the symbol pumps up your self-image.
Symbols are also used by people to let others know how well they are doing and whether they are liked or appreciated.
How people view reality depends on the content of the messages and situations they encounter, their subjective interpretation of these interactions, and how this shapes future behavior.
There is no objective reality; people interpret the reactions of others, and this interpretation assigns meaning. Because interpretation changes over time, so do the meanings of concepts and symbols.
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