AC2.1

Question 1

Internal Forms of Social Control

Answer 1

• Moral conscience - Freud (psychodynamic structure)
• Tradition and Culture - Religion (Ramadan & Shabbat)
• Socialisation and rational ideology- internalisation of social rules

Question 2

External Forms of Social Control

Answer 2

-Family
-Friends
-Education
-Police
-Judges
-Prisons

Question 3

Why do we follow the rules linked to external social control

Answer 3

-Coercion - use or threat of force , may be physical or non-violent
-Fear of Punishment - individual deterrence ( punishment in order to prevent further crimes) , general deterrence ( punishment that prevents others )

Question 4

Control Theory

Answer 4

Hirschi - looks at why people don’t commit crime
- We conform due to social bonds to society

Question 5

4 Social Bonds (Hirschi)

Answer 5

Attachment - other’s opinions on us
Commitment - the risks of offending (a good job)
Involvement - do we have time to offend
Belief - strength of our moral code

Question 6

Gottfredson and Hirschi (parenting)

Answer 6

• parenting plays a vital role in creating the bonds that prevent young people offending
  Poor socialisation and absent parental discipline cause delinquency

Question 7

Riley and Shaw (parenting)

Answer 7

Parents should:
- Involve themselves in their tonnages lives
- Take interest in their schooling and friends
- Show strong disapproval for criminal behaviour and explain the consequences

Question 8

Heidensohn (feminists)

Answer 8

• Women are more closely controlled in a patriarchal society resulting in less opportunities to offend (domestic duties = no time to offend)
• Controlled by fathers then husbands