SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Informal Social Control, Anti-Social Behaviour, Substance Abuse

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Mavis Morton

Document Summary

In 2005 legislation requires students to keep learning in a classroom or workplace training program, including apprenticeship, until the age of 18 or until they graduate . Steven messner & richard rosenfeld institutional strain theory (1994)(macro) $ concerns dominate & this weakens the informal social control of institutions. Robert agnew - general strain theory (1985) (micro) Crime and delinquency is a coping mechanism of stress. Hirschi - social bonds and self control. Social process - interaction between individuals & society. All people have the potential to become delinquents or criminals. Crime is a function of a learning process. People learn criminal attitudes and techniques from close and trusted relatives and companions. Definitions for crime outweigh definitions against crime. Importance of power relations in a given society - who does the labelling. Secondary deviance - internalizes negative label and assumes the role of the deviant.