CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: George Herbert Mead, Labeling Theory, Self-Control

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Nicolas Carrier

Document Summary

Crime as failure of personal and social controls (riess) ! The ability to meet your needs without conflicting with societies norms. Containment theory (reckless, 1967: constant pressures towards crime. (peers, material desires, aggressiveness etc. ) these need to be contained. Externally & internally: outer containments participation in meaningful activities, family school, inner containments ability to retain norms, beliefs, accepting & believing the idea in private property. Hirschi social bond theory causes of delinquency. Delinquent not strongly connected to society, there is a weak social bond between individual & society. Gottfredson and hirschi"s general theory of crime (1990) We can distinguish between criminals & non criminals based on their ability to show self control. (the ability to have concern for long term consequences of ones act) Criminals of puppets of their own desires ! lacks ability to be patient, delay gratifications. Problems with parental discipline ! parents who do not punish consistently, blamed for producing individuals with low self control.