SOC211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Travis Hirschi, Social Control Theory, Mental Disorder
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Slide: who starts the panic: people have pointed to different sources of panic, there are 3 different models, (1) grassroots model, (2) elite model: political elite starts panic, (3) [missed] Family, socialization, social ties (w. reckless) (1) inner: failure, frustration (2) external: poverty, bad friends many resist = inner & outer containment. Proper parental socialization self-esteem / goal oriented / high frustration tolerance/ strong: containment theory, pressures towards deviance, (1) inner containment ethics psychological, (2) external containment. = no government, inequality, exploitation laws justice system, ideology . Slide: pluralist conflict theory: society: competing interest groups, differential access: wealth, power, honour, materializing / protecting interests, authorities, powerless, powerful: not impartial administrators of law protect favourite groups impose definitions: good", right", moral". Threats= dangerous classes" = criminalized laws, education: zygmunt bauman consumer society, post-industrial (1) unemployment: surplus population poverty >> crime (2) massive quantities of commodities.
