SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Balance Theory, Self-Control, Takers

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3710
• Professor: Bill O' Grady

Document Summary

General theory of crime: update of mertain strain theory, 1990, godfronson and hirshi, rations between people who are control and who are. Critical criminology: the ossa: regulated forms of aggressive pan handling. Designed to test crimes among young people. Inability to achieve goals they believe in: young people feel strain when they cant achieve the goals, merton innovation (meaning, people who want something, agnew correlated high school students with their. Threaten of present with negative stimuli become bully"s) Dealing with gender: why are there gender differences in youth crime, how do males and females respond to strain. Girls: depression, anger, guilt, shame= self destructive behaviours. Attempted suicide, drug use, issues with food (anorexia) They are the targets to the strain themselves (the don"t go out and target someone else. Boys: anger, blame others, lower levels of social controls = violent behaviour. Guys take it out on other people anger is directed at others.