CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Routine Activity Theory, Informal Social Control, Social Capital
19 Mar 2017
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Many new criminological theories are integrated theories. Bring 2+ theories together to create a more powerful model. Ronald akers social learning theory attempts to integrate differential association theory, operant conditioning and imitation and modelling behaviour. Tittle"s control balance theory attempts to integrate control theory, deterrence theory and propersity theory. Human behaviour occurs in social integration and can therefore be explained by models that focus on interactional processes. Key conditioning are not necessarily stable over time but depends on whether the nature of the interaction between parents and children changes. Successful attachment to parents results in more commitment, involvement, and belief. Weak attachment to parents make child more open to deviant alternatives. Deviant peers likely to weaken attachment to parents. Form of social control theory by sampson and laub. Social bonds vary or changes over the life course. Social tires in later life may offsent earlier criminal trajectories.
