CRIM 104 Lecture 7: Crim lecture 7
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Moral order more fundamental than economic order. Committed to preserving the existing social system. Society as an entity, greater than the sum of its parts. Integration: social forces of attraction, social bonds, collective beliefs. Regulation: social forces of restraint, laws and social structure. Non-conformity can be expected when social controls are ineffective. All part of the social process, socialization. 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. Very big link between integration and regulation. Tv shows like leave it to beaver, father knows best, lassie. Came after the roaring twenties, the great depression, and world war ii. Time of the (cid:498)american dream(cid:499), stereotypical american family. More interested on controlling behavior rather than saying it"s the result of. Social control theory matured in the (cid:883)96(cid:882)"s some event/ideology. Did his phd and taught at the university of chicago.