POL 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Control Theory, Homeboy Industries, Self-Control

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 151
• Professor: mr j

Document Summary

Identity primary principles, extensions and criticisms of social control theories. Understand what developmental/life course criminology is and how it incorporates control theories. Social bonds keep us from committing crime. Conscience (developed during childhood, internal moral guidance) Bonds to conformity keep us from committing crime. Commitment (rational, strong commitment to conventional society weigh the consequences) Involvement (amount of time we spend in these conventional activities, behaviours, group ; more time we have more chance of committing crimes) Belief (buying into rules and norms, less likely to disobey rules if we believe in them) Support for theory with cross-sectional but not longitudinal data. Denial of responsibility: blame others for what we"ve done. Denial of injury: refuse to acknowledge that someone else was hurt. Denial of victim: refuse to acknowledge someone of worth was hurt. Condemnation of condemners: blame those doing the blaming. Harris and dumas: online consumer misbehaviour: an application of. Not as bad as other crimes (relative acceptability)