Control Theories

Question 1

what happens when someone isn’t linked to hirschis four bonds ( control theories and crime )

Answer 1

They are free to deviate

Question 2

Describe Stephen box study on control theory ( control theories and crime )

Answer 2

Marxist analysis to argue when people are released from th control of a capitalist society they will begin to see unfairness in society and will commit crime s

Question 3

What are the 5 S’s key issues in removal of social constraint Steven box ( control theories and crime )

Answer 3

Secrecy 
Skills 
Supply 
Social support 
Symbolic support

Question 4

What does communitarianism suggest ? ( control theories and crime )

Answer 4

Amitai etzioni
Changes in modern society have pushed away descision making away from vocal communities
Powerless and leave control of crime to police
Only by taking back control and engaging in direct action that social control can be reinstated

Question 5

What is included in situational theory ( control theories and crime )

Answer 5

Target hardening
Bennet and Wright
Playing videos of houses to imprisoned burglars
Mid terrace least likely detached covered most likely

Surveillance
Jacobs and Newman
How envioroments could help or hinder the capacity of people to see what was happening about them

Question 6

What are the criticisms of control theory ( control theories and crime )

Answer 6

Deterministic
Ignores poverty
CCTV not clear

Question 7

What does hirschi argue individuals are linked to society by 4 bonds ( control theories and crime )

Answer 7

Attachment
Commitment
Involvement
Belief