SOC212H1 Lecture : Chapter 11
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Introduction: social control theories do not ask why deviants commit deviant acts, at least not directly. They deem it self-evident that many kinds of deviance are alluring, exciting, and relatively easy routes to fun and profit. Further, we are all born deviants: when social control works, it creates conformity; when it fails, it does not cause deviance but simply allows the individual to choose the deviant path. Walter reckless and containment theory: containment theory was an early version of social control perspective. Inner controls: according to the containment theory, the individual experiences, in varying degrees, feelings of inferiority, hostility, anger, rebellion, and even organically based urges towards deviant gratifications. If these inner pressures toward deviance are uncontrolled, deviance will occur. They may be direct or indirect: direct inner control is evidence by the ability to feel guilt and shame and not to respond to this with effective neutralizations.
