SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Differential Association, Travis Hirschi, Social Control

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Alexander Shvarts

Document Summary

1 theory chapter 8, social ecology theory chapter 8. Many of these people grow wiser with age and search for ways to change, but when they try to change, they often receive the most severe penalties. The best solution is to increase legitimate options and opportunities. > connection between lower class and likely to commit crime; when got to street, more likely to drop out of school and loosen ties with family members. Jack katz (1988): rational choice perspective which assumes that criminals want to acquire money or goods is inadequate. Material needs are insufficient to account for the fascination with theft. > perception that only poor people who need money and are poor commit properly crime; not completely true: a lot do it because they choose to: albert cohen (1955): for many criminals crime is fun. Robbery: rational behaviour or pleasurable pursuit: katz (1988) and nettler (1982): committing crime excites.