CRIM 104 Study Guide - Final Guide: Informal Social Control, Travis Hirschi, Social Control

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Social control theories: controls are absent crime is possible and often does occur/ control presents crime does not occur, durkhei(cid:373): (cid:862)order theorist(cid:863), moral order (cid:373)ore fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal tha(cid:374) e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) order. Integration: social forces of attraction (social bond, collective beliefs: regulation: social forces of restraint (laws and social structure/institution, social disorganization over policed breakdown in informal social control (family or other adults) Ivan nye: family most important social control over adolescents. Locate social control factors inhibited nonconformity and made crime and delinquency a possibility: direct control= external forces (punishments) Internalized control= internal forces or conscience (learn how to regulate their own behavior) Indirect control= extent of affection and identification with authority figures (significant others: control through alternative means of need satisfaction = (cid:862)deli(cid:448)ery of goods(cid:863) i(cid:374) a legiti(cid:373)ate (cid:449)ay (get something legitimately after work, containment theory. Inner containment (self control, good self-image, ability to tolerate frustration: outer containment (family values, institutional reinforcement, effective supervision)