SOC-2107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Informal Social Control, Social Capital
15 Nov 2018
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The development of criminals: age and life stages and the choice to become involved in specific roles. Life course persistent adolescence limited theory (mo t: o ending is marked by continuity or change. Some people may manifest antisocial behaviours during childhood, showing continuity (life course persistent o enders) Other people may suddenly engage in crime in adolescence but not into adulthood nor in their childhood either which shows change or discontinuity (adolescence limited o enders) These could occur at development stages prior to birth. Temperament, behavioural development and cognitive abilities were main focus. Anti-social conduct is still believed to be a learned action through social mimicry: children are burdened with high activity level, irritability, poor self control and low cognitive ability. Di cult children are put in a process of being subjected to disciplinary methods that intensify the di cult children"s initial problem behaviours and that create weak parent-child bonds: they are also ensnared by consequences of anti social behaviour.
