CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cohort Study, Social Capital, Social Control Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 104
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

A brief reminder: term paper due, worth 20% of grade for course. 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 integraye 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 and end to end model. Thus spake thornberry: 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.