SOC212H1 Lecture : nov23 Social Control
Document Summary
Hobbes: we are bad people innately - we will always act in our best interest - unless there"s something stopping us (the law) Premise: motivation for breaking law is unimportant, they focus on the reasons on people don"t break the law- why do people conform and don"t deviate there are 2 basic approaches: Sociological control approach: focuses on how people are selfish and deals with peoples stakes in conformity. Situational control: understanding how people react to opportunities to crime, i. e. if you take someones opportunity away, they wont commit crime. A backlash to the liberal 60s: i. e. getting rid of all prisons, crime being driven by system processes increasing political conservatism - but lend themselves to conservative ideologies - they blame the criminals. Specific control theories: albert j reiss jr: ideas of psychoanalysis - peopel have personality traits that expose themselves to crime. 3 basic components existing when someone commits a crime/deviant crime.
