SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cohort Study, Trait Theory, Prenatal Nutrition
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Soc212 week 9 november 29th 2016. Environment and biological predisposition, gene is nothing till it"s part of environment. Other consider continuity and change (people can change as their environment changes) Elliot did the study on the cohorts and age differences. Combined social control (bonds) + strain + social learning (peers) He followed 11 to 17 years old for crime, mental abuse problems. Study where they followed the career of 500 delinquents and non-delinquents. Criticized for not testing a particular theory but taking various factors from all over. Included biological (iq, body measurement) and sociological and psychological traits the place. Showing the importance of both stable and underline latent theories. Looking at both latent traits and developmental aspects. Significant controversy merged over what this relationship means. If you disaggregate this data you see different crime patterns. Would you see the same trends for robbery and homicide. Women increase then stable out because they murder their husbands and kids.
