CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: George Herbert Mead, Balance Theory, Knife Fight
16 Apr 2016
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Crime as failure of personal and social controls (reiss) What we can rely on in our personality to behave in accordance to socieies norms (self-control) social control- all the acions by society to make sure people obey the norms. Pressures towards crime easy access to recogniion sex, cars, money etc. Outer containments no crimes when we are involved in relaionships when others are not delinquent involved in meaningful aciviies, this helps contain the push and pull towards crime. Hirschi"s social bond theory (causes of delinquency (1969)) basically a theory of conformity. People who conform have a higher degree of commitment. Involvement being busy if you"re always busy, you don"t even think about doing nasty stuf people who are idle have plenty of ime to let their mind wander. Belief do you accept the values and belief system of mainstream society. Gofredson and hirschi"s general theory of crime (1990)
