CCJ-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Control Theory, Social Learning Theory, Social Disorganization Theory
13 Nov 2017
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So, what causes crime: everything causes crime to some extent. Not one single cause of crime: entertainment and media industry targeted as cause of crime. Theory: is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to explain, describe, and predict some phenomena , in this case crime. Explaining, describing, and predicting is to stop crime. Two different bodies of theory: macro level and individual level. The theories we will discuss can be broken down into 5 categories: classical theories, biological theories, psychological, sociological, social process theories. One of the earliest perspectives on crime: enlightenment period, general idea: human beings have free will and are rational. Free will: humans have the ability to make their own decision"s. Rational: people make decisions by weighing the costs and benefits. There are several theories that fall under the classical school of criminology, but the two main ones are: deterrence theory, rational choice theory.
