SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Control Theory, Social Web, Labeling Theory
2 Dec 2017
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Notes for the essay- crime, deviance and behaviour. Techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behaviour in any society- Argued that people are more likely to refrain from offending if they have a reason to conform to social norms and violate them. Gave lack of attachment with the members of the society to school unemployment as a potential reason. Social web is weak and therefore more likely to engage in crime vs. Career prospects stable relationships and other financial obligations make a person less likely to commit a crime. Age compression (12-24) more likely to have a say in criminal activities like theft, break and enter cars/houses. Most of them fall into the dumb category- Premise- our society has canadian dream ( great job, car) and there are legitimate means to achieve it. Crime stems from gap between culturally approved means and our failure to meet our goals.
