CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Control Theory, Informal Social Control, Prenatal Nutrition
11 Apr 2017
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Many new criminological theories are integrated theories. Bring two or more theories together to create more powerful model. Ronald akers" social learning theory- attempts to integrate differential association theory, operant conditioning, and imitation and modelling behaviour. Charles tittle"s control balance theory attempts to integrate control theory, deterrence theory, and propensity theory. John hagan"s power control theory attempts to integrate marxian conflict theory with social control theory. Hirschi says it"s a waste of time trying to integrate theories, because their underlying assumptions are fundamentally incompatible. Says the best way to combine two or more theories into a single, unified theory is to create an end to end model. According to thornberry, the three most prominent sociological explanations of crime and deviance are: social learning theory, social control theory, a combination of social learning and social control theory. Human behaviour occurs in social integration and can therefore be explained by models that focus on interactional processes.
