CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Control Theory, Informal Social Control, Social Learning Theory
26 Sep 2017
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Social control and developmental-life course theories: part i-the origins of social control theory. Origins of social control theory can be traced back to durkheim. Viewed that individuals had aspirations and appetites that knew no natural bounds- without civilization, humans would be unrestrained and lacking in moral standards. Conformity cannot be taken for granted, need effective socialization. If people do not learn to internalize social conventions or norms, then social controls will break down, or become weakened and ineffective. Shaw and mckay were amongst the forerunners of contemporary social control theory. They identified a cause-effect relationship between social disorganization and the breakdown of informal social controls. Observed that youth in the zone in transition were freed from social restraints (**diagram: how social disorganization leads to delinquency) Published delinquency as a failure of personal and social controls in 1951. Said that personal controls consisted of an individual"s internalization of the rules and norms of society.
