CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abusive Power And Control, Prosocial Behavior, Balance Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 104
• Professor: Adrienne Peters

Document Summary

The social & intellectual context of contemporary sociological theories. The 1980s and 1990s was a period in which individuals seen to control own lives. Theories examined thus far examine btwn individual differences. Is this sufficient: need to look within individual differences. Identify and describe the role of developmental factors in offending. Explain the onset (how?) and continuation of a criminal career: they are progressive. Recognize the connections that exist btwn: personal factors, social factors, socialization factors, cognitive factors, situational factors. E(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s life: latent trait theories. Oppression: ability to change but trait is stable. Life-course: propensity for crime changes, multiple pathways, multiple classes, crime and causes of are interactional. Overlap of the two: criminal careers are a passage, personal, social, and/or environmental factors influences the decision to commit crime, crime not constant. Gottfredson & hirschi (1990) general theory of crime. Low self-control: poor a(cid:271)ility to restrai(cid:374) o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior.