AUSOC 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Social Control Theory
1 Oct 2018
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Social control theory: proposes that people refrain from committing criminal acts because they do not want to jeopardize their bonds to conventional society. Social bonds: the degree to which an individual has ties to his or her society. Thrasher and his study on the gang . Located gangs both geographically and socially where there are breaks in the structure of social organization. Occur in slums characterized by physical deterioration, number of residents decreasing, disorganization, etc. Gangs occur spontaneously in areas with weak social controls. First to distinguish between social controls and personal controls. Social controls: ties to primary groups family, community institutions. If these controls are absent, break down, are in conflict, or cannot be enforced delinquency will result. Found that success or failure on probation for male juveniles was associated with the absence of both types of controls. Expanded off of the ideas of reiss.
