CRIM 101 Lecture : Chapter 5 crim 101 notes
15 Jun 2014
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Social ties and conformity: motivational theories: propensity to offend separates offenders from non-offenders assume that the desire or. > however, critics suggest that it is more about the ability or the willingness to act on this desire. Informal social controls: casual methods of coercion to conform, strong ties to parents make effective parent monitoring and supervision of juvenile activity possible (alarid, burton, culleh 2000; gottfredson, hirschi 1990, relationships with people who support and promote values of conformity. > will do anything to satisfy them, don"t want to disappoint them: reiss (1951) and nye (1958), early advocates of the application of problems of crime and delinquency. Containment theory founded by walter reckless in 1967: many factors that can pull or push someone into crime inner containments: socialization and good self-concept. > friends, family, self outer containment: primary groups set standard for behaviour.
