CRM/LAW C108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Informal Social Control, Identity Function
12 Nov 2016
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Interested in trying to explain why people stop. Gluecks: 500 delinquent boys and 500 non delinquent boys. Sampson and laub: followed 500 delinquents through administrative records; in-depth interviews with 52. Only study in the world that follows people past age 36; follows them into their 70s. 2) adulthood: adult social bonds provide attachment and structure: attachment = spouse/children/coworkers/peers/who you live with. Receive resources from the relationship (financial, emotional) Receive social support: structure = engaging in conventional activities; family obligations; getting involved with coworkers instead of old friends. Informal social control = if you"re in a marriage and have a spouse who"s going to worry about what you"re doing/supervising where you"re going to be. Turning points = provide person with potential to change criminal offending and to desist (stop criminal offending) Low family and school attachment and structure + high adult social bonds provide attachment and structure = cancel each other out. Knife off the past from the present.
