29 More Techniques of Neutralization

2020 ◽  
pp. 180-185
Author(s):  
Jeff Ferrell

This chapter develops a sociology of drift from the classic works of Robert Park, Georg Simmel, David Matza, Gresham Sykes, and others. It reconsiders Sykes and Matza’s “techniques of neutralization” model, arguing that it embodies a deeper sociological and cultural critique than that which is commonly attributed to it. The chapter then constructs a political economy and spatial economy of drift which locates drift within contemporary urban dynamics of “consumption-driven urban development,” spatial displacement, anti-homeless initiatives, risk-based and place-based policing, broken-windows policing, and CPTED. The chapter concludes by considering these dynamics in the context of spatial alienation and transgression.


2010 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tine De Bock ◽  
Patrick Van Kenhove

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