CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Reality Principle, Albert Reiss, Embezzlement
17 Apr 2013
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Moral order more fundamental than economic order. Committed to preserving the existing social system. Society as an entity, greater than its parts. Integration: social forces of attraction, social bonds, collective beliefs. Regulation: social forces of constraint, laws and social structure. Non-conformity can be expected when social controls are ineffective. Origins of social control the chicago school: Social disorganization leads to a breakdown in informal social controls. When informal social controls break down, societies become more inclined to turn to formal social controls. Time of the american dream stereotypical american family. Tv shows like leave it to beaver, father knows best, lassie. Came after the roaring twenties, the great depression and world war two. Did his phd and taught at university of chicago. In 1951, published delinquency as the failure of personal and social controls . Talked about how people conform through acceptance and/or submission . The family could/should generate direct control, internalized control, indirect control.
