CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ready To Rumble, Social Learning Theory, Prenatal Nutrition

• 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. Hirschi says it"s a waste of time trying to integrate theories. Says the best way to combine two or more theories into a single, unified theory. Thus spake thornberry: according to thornberry, the three most prominent sociological explanations of crime and deviance are: Interactional theory: thornberry attempts to integrate, examines how causal variables in delinquency. Interactional theory cont: successful attachment to parents, weak attachment to parents, deviant peers. Turning points: form of control theory, social bonds vary, social ties in later life. Trajectories and transitions: trajectories refer to life pathways that people are located on, transitions refer special life events. Moffitt says there are two distinct age-crime curves. Life course persistent typology captures small group of offenders. Poor pre-natal nutrition, pre-natal exposure to toxins. Brain injuries as result of complicated delivery. Parents who use drugs, abuse alcohol, and engage in crime.