SOC 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Self-Control, Urban Warfare, Social Learning Theory
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Believe that delinquency requires no special explanation, it is usually the most expedient way for people to get what they need. Examining why people would not engage in delinquency. People do not engage in delinquency b/c of their controls or restraints to which they are subject. Control theory: people differ in their levels of control they face to delinquency. Some individuals are high in control (believe delinquency is very wrong) and others are low in control (believe delinquency is only slightly wrong and they will not get heavily sanctioned) Delinquency is less likely when it is sanctioned/punished and when conformity is reinforced how delinquency is prevented through sanctions. Social learning theory is broader b/c it focuses on both the factors that prevent delinquency and the factors that motivate it. Control theorists claim it is not important to examine motivation for delinquency. Efforts of others to directly control the juveniles behavior by.
