SOCI 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Counterculture, Social Learning Theory, Anomie

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 304
• Professor: Williamson Monica

Document Summary

Introduction to integrated theories: previous theories provided some explanation for criminal behavior. Integrating multiple theories can provide an explanation for even more aspects of criminal behavior. In 1969, hirschi wrote on the social bond theory, arguing that the power of internalized norms, conscience, and the desire for approval encouraging conventional behavior: once restraints are loosened, self-interested behavior emerges, 4 social bonds. An integrated theoretical: social control (elliot, ageton, and canter: youth with strong bonds which subsequently become attenuated (served) may be indistinguishable from those who never developed strong bonds (cullen & agnew) An integrated theoretical: an integrated strain-control perspective (elliot, ageton, and canter: bonds, building social control (attention/bonding process, delinquent learning and performance structures, delinquent behavior, pathways to delinquency. An integrated theoretical: bonds (elliot, ageton, and canter) An integrated theoretical: pathways to delinquency (elliot, ageton, and canter: low social control increase the likelihood of association with delinquent peers, which increases the likelihood of delinquency.