CRIM 2416 Lecture Notes - Father Knows Best, Albert Reiss, Roaring Twenties
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The social context of control theory: came after the roaring twenties, the great depression and world war. Two: time of the american dream stereotypical american family. Have things they should aspire to: tv shows like leave it to beaver, father knows best, lassie. Good family entertainment designed for stereotypical american family. Good example of how american family are portrayed. Anti-war protests: people didn"t want to go to war far away. Black power movement: gun battle with police, getting own weapons. All these things suggest society falling apart, people not respecting authorities. Albert reiss one of the first to talk about social control theories: did his phd and taught at university chicago school, in 1951, published delinquency as the failure of personal and social. Controls : talked about how people conform through acceptance and/or. Know when something is wrong, won"t do it: indirect control = identification with and affection for parents and significant parts.
