2.1 FORMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL Flashcards
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internal social control
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controls over behaviour within ourselves
- personality, values
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INTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL
freud
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- our conscience is formed as a result of the id/ego/superego
- the superego is an internal “nagging parent” which makes us feel guilty
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INTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL conscience is acquired through
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- socialisation
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INTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL
socialisation
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- internalise society’s moral code and rules as our own
- occurs through interactions with community, family and wider society
- result = conforming to society’s norms
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EXTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL
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- agencies (like those in the CJS) use coercion to make us obey the law
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EXTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL
coercion example
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- police can arrest
7
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EXTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL
rewards
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for those who conform
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EXTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL
punishment
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for those who do not
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EXTERNAL SOCIAL CONTROL
theory
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- behaviour reinforcement from positive and negative sanctions
- bandura
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CONTROL THEORY - reckless
what does he argue?
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- socialisation produces “inner containment”
- comes from family & upbringing (self concept)
- self control to resist offending
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CONTROL THEORY - reckless
outer containment
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- influences from social, peer groups or the law
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CONTROL THEORY - reckless
he suggested…
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- combination of external social containments and internal psychological containments deter people from committing crime and maintains social control
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CONTROL THEORY - hirschi
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- suggested that refraining from criminal behaviour is to form social bonds
- individual’s bond to society is weak = deviant behaviour more likely
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RILEY & SHAW
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- lack of parental supervision factors into delinquency
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RILEY & SHAW
what do they argue
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parents should
- be involved in their teenager’s life
- take interest in what they do at school/with friends
- show strong disapproval of criminal behaviour
