CCJ 4934 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Control, Informal Social Control

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Sociology, Criminology and Law - Criminology
• Course: CCJ 4934
• Professor: Chris L Gibson

Document Summary

Looking for causes: biological age, maturity gap occurs; not children but not quite adults, biological change as a result of puberty, want access to adult autonomy (stay out late, alcohol, cigarettes etc. ); desire things that adults have access to- causes maturity gap. Increasing importance of peer relationships: childhood- most important are parents- slow shift in parents taking secondary role relative to peers. Social mimicry- adopting social behavior of another species to obtain access to valuable resources. Social behavior that allows access to some desirable resource: mature status brings power and privilege, but remain financially and socially dependent on parents, not allowed to make important decisions on their own, values, attitudes and aspiration. Desistence and alc: maturity gap reduction, get legiti(cid:373)ate access to thi(cid:374)gs they did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) you(cid:374)ger, attain privileges coveted as teens. Illegal behavior shifts from rewarding to punishment- perceptual deterrence. Stability: continuity, underlying trait, sociological influences, change, discontinuity, salient life events, social control.