SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Michael R. Gottfredson, Longitudinal Study, Risk Society

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

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A general theory of crime: michael gottfredson & travis hirischi, published a general theory of crime, one of the most widely tested among all criminological theories, centered on 4 social bonds. Considered this because it does not define self-control independent from the tendency to commit crimes and related behaviours. The life course perspective: gaining attention of criminologists who are interested in knowing more about the long-term effects of offending and victimization. Life course theory problem behaviours as well as their termination are age-related, caused by certain events that take place in the developmental process. Found primarily in the states or britain: criminal behaviour tends to follow a predictable pattern over the life course tends to increase during adolescence and early adulthood and then declines again. Innovation occurs when society emphasizes socially desirable and approved goals but at the same time provides inadequate opportunity to achieve these goals with the legitimate institutionalized means. Inability to achieve positively valued goals: macro strain.