SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dysfunctional Family, Lorde, Social Control Theory
12 Mar 2015
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Hirschi"s view on society and human nature: humans are naturally-motivated offenders", society is built on consensus on rules" in social settings, people give up their. Human nature" this is referring to people dropping that naturally-motivated offensive ways in order to give into the social contract and be a part of a society. Animals lack this, it"s still eat or be eaten. Hirschi on the nature of crime and deviant it"s solitary, it is self-interested, opportunistic and easy. Social control theory (the original version) the bonds". Bonds are what are created from interactions with those around us they make us less criminal through the mechanisms of bonds. Bonds that encourage conformity: attachment, commitment, involvement, belief. Self control theory: an update of control theory (hirschi and gottfredson) Sct is considered by its authors to be a general theory of crime (it explains all aspects of crime)
