SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - School Discipline, Reform School, Labeling Theory
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Analogous behaviours and crime are not causally related, instead both are caused by low self-control. Family socialization lack of nurturance/attachment, lack of supervision, inability to recognize and correct bad behaviour, parental low self-control, family size inadequate, ineffective and inconsistent family socialization. Temper - i lose my temper pretty easily there 4 questions for each of these components that scholars use when trying to mea- sure self-control. People"s involvement in crime can ebb and flow (experiences beyond child- hood can affect a person"s attachment to society) locates control in a per- son"s relation to society (how connected people are) Criminal is set in child- hood (relatively stable over life because your level of self-control is stable) Criticisms of control theories is motivation really irrelevant? ignores crime in groups ignores differences between serious and minor delinquency ignores situational/structural factors e. g. strains like homelessness. Need action early in childhood (i. e. child rearing practices). This therefore means involvement in child rearing practices.
