SOC222 Lecture : Chapter 11 Class Notes.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC222
• Professor: Jennifer L Schulenberg

Document Summary

This is a review of the theoretical concepts of delinquency we have covered in the course so far. This is unique in relation to anything else you have done in other courses at uw. Understanding the role of each theoretical concept is important because each concept provides a piece of the puzzle when we"re trying to understand why youth do or don"t break the law. Creation of knowledge the goal of an integrated theory is to create knowledge. Sometimes theories can use the same word for a concept but mean different things. Ex: asking the question why kids break the law verses hirschi"s approach which asks why don"t kids break the law. It attempts to establish causality especially temporal order. For a theory to have explanatory power, validity, and utility conditions for causality really need to be met. Differential association theory assumes that delinquency is a learned behaviour. Psychological, biological, or lack of self control.