SOCL 4461 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: General Strain Theory, Social Control Theory, Informal Social Control
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The number of peers that you have that use drugs is correlated with your own personal use of drugs. Peer influence on drug use tends to be stronger than parental influence for all ethnic groups. Drug-using peers offer nonusers an opportunity structure in which drugs are immediately available and easily accessible. Heroin: majority of heroin users are between the ages of 16-25 not surprising because this is where we see the majority of crime occurring, demographic statistics. Whites are more likely to use it. Males are more likely than females to abuse heroin. The rate of adolescent heroin use has remained stable over time from 2009- 2012: 4 componenets of social learning theory. Differential association- refers to the interaction an individual eith family and friends. Definitions- the attitudes or beliefs that help and individual decide if an act is right or wrong. Even a wrong behavior can be believed to be right in this case.
