CRIM 2311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Travis Hirschi, Spurious Relationship, Differential Association
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What questions might you ask them in a survey to gauge whether they are. Commitment- same as above, but also job, plans for future, college. Delinquency and social bonds are inversely related. Close, affective ties to others, identification with others (to parents)(the more insensitive we are with others the less we care about their values i. e. psychopaths etc. ) Participation in conventional "lines of activity" Staked in conformity; investment in pro-social, conventional lines of action; careers, education, etc. "rational" element in the theory but only indirectly. General beliefs in conventional values and roles of society. Religious beliefs not specifically included but are by implication. Controversial because they are related to differential association theory. However contended that an important distinction can be made. While cultural deviance theorists like sutherland focused on beliefs that positively value crime, control theorists focus on beliefs that prescribe crime. Hirschi argued that youth that believe they should obey society"s rules=less likely to obey them.
