SOC-2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Control, Differential Association, Collective Action
17 Sep 2018
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Shaw and mckay were following a mixed model, to view a variety of causes. Most theories out there are more limited and do not take this open approach; however, Lombroso is cited with taking a multi-factor approach, many do take this but it is still a more narrow approach. Ie: viewing economic issues as a whole: most criminal theories today are based on social structure. That means looking at groups and their structures such as gender, class or ethnicity: general theories of crime, attempt to explain all areas of crime. According to di erential social organization, the crime rate of a group or society is determined by the extent to which that group or society is organized against crime versus organized in favour of crime. %1: di erent cultures - there are two cultures, criminal culture and. Control and culture in the community, is often what theories are focused on. Formal is the police, informal is news and television broadcasts.
