SOC212H1 Lecture : chapter 9
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Can be traced back through durkheim to hobbes to aristotle. Bantham attempted to base social and legal controls on the principle of rational calculations. Gluecks study 3 variables in predictive studies: mother"s affection for the child, mother"s supervision of the child, and family cohesion. Gluecks study neglected in 1960 such variables is ventral to revived forms of control theory. 1920s-30s period produced main sociological version of controld theory: shaw and mckay concept of social disorganization. Homans and blau provided a model: "social -exchange" theories - a sociological version of homo economicus held that human behaviour is explained by individual gratifications provided by "exchange" and that moral values emerge from ongoing exchanges. A lack of conformity and presence of opportunities creates deviance. This approach doesn"t say how people choose between different payoffs. Discussion: deviance and culture- crime and the full moon. Belief among police, public, hospital workers connection between phases of the moon and human behaviour.
