SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Differential Association, Ritualism In The Church Of England, White-Collar Crime

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Control theory: why are you not a criminal, positive environment, strict upbringing, conformist behaviour, aspects of society that restrain, inhabit, or regulate criminal behaviour. Include: schools, family, peer groups, work situations, moral consciousness. Hershi social bond theory: argues that people obey rules because they are tied to conventional society by social bonds, social bonds: the degree to which an individual is integrated into the values and institutions of the community. Those with significant commitment have more to lose. Involvement: the degree to which an individual is active in conventional activities. Idle hands are the devil"s helper , the less you are doing, the more likely you will commit crimes: belief: the degree to which an individual believes in conventional values, morality, and the legitimacy of the law. Internalization of negative labels: self-concept is altered, master status, no longer seen as the person living a conventional life, label becomes who they are, self fulfilling prophecy , the key is societal reaction.