CJUS Theory Test 2 Flashcards
Social Control Theory
Social bonds control whether or not you committ crime.
Anomie theory
lawlessness, normalessness
Matza’s Theory
drift theory
Charles cooley
looking glass self theory
George Herbet Mead theories
I and me theories
Albert Reiss
Personal control and social control
Ian Nye
family most important in role
Walter Reckless
why somepeople committ crime and others dont…resileincy…containment theory
Coleman
3 additional theories
Drift theory
kids drift back and forth between delinquency and non delinquency
Hirschi
social bond theory and self control theory
According to Hirschi
most important bond was attachment
Central premise of social bond theory
crime occurs when social bonds are weak
Hirschi and Gottfredson
gottfredson brought internal or self control is learned early on and supposed to betaught by parents
John Hagen
power control
Charles Tittle
Balane Theory