SOCI 388 Chapter Notes - Chapter Hirschi: Semantic Dementia, Juvenile Delinquency, A Priori And A Posteriori
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For ex, the divorced man: this dimension of the bond to conventional sct is encountered in most social control-oriented research, commitment, few would deny that men on occasion obey the rules simply from fear of the consequences. When or whenever he considers deviant behavior, he must consider the costs of this deviant behavior, the risk he runs of losing the investment he has made in conventional behavior. If attachment to others is the sociological counterpart of the superego or conscience, commitment is the counterpart of the ego or common sense. Involvement: many persons undoubtedly owe a life of virtue to a lack of opportunity to do otherwise, time and energy are inherently limited. If the neutralization is successful, the person is free to commit the acts in questions. In attempting to solve a strain theory problem with control theory tools, the control theorist is thus led into a trap.
