List and discuss five new sociological defenses. Provide an example of each.

What will be an ideal response?


The five sociological defenses are (1) black rage – a defense of extreme racial stress precipitated by the destructive racial treatment of African Americans; (2) urban survivor – the contention that young people living in poor and violent urban areas do not receive adequate police protection and develop a heightened awareness and fear of threats; (3) media intoxication – criminal conduct is caused by “intoxication” from television and pornography; (4) rotten social background – criminal conduct is a result of an irresistible impulse that resulted from a socially deprived childhood; and (5) posttraumatic stress syndrome.

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