Soci Control Final Flashcards
What are the 11 deviant eras, starting from the beginning?
- Demonic
- Classical Revolution
- Pathology
- Functionalism
- Social disorganization
- Strain
- Cultural Deviance
- Social Reaction
- Control/conflict
- Postmodern
11: Crisis?
Corresponding sanction to classical revolution
Prison
Corresponding sanction to pathology perspective
Scientific treatment
Downed and Rock referred to strain theory as equivalent to
Big Bang
Sutherland and Cressey - nine understandings of learning theory/differential association
- Criminal behaviour is LEARNED
- Criminal behaviour is learned through INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION
- Learning criminal behaviour is INTIMATE
- When criminal behaviour is learned, it includes TECHNIQUES AND MOTIVES
- LEGAL CODES/CONVENTIONAL NORMS motivate by being favourable or unfavourable
- Deviance comes from EXCESS in favourable in violation of law
- Differential associations may vary in FREQUENCY, DURATION, PRIORITY AND INTENSITY
- All MECHANISMS for any learning are in criminal learning
- Expression of general NEEDS AND VALUES
3 components of Kornhauser’s criticism of learning theory
- Wo/man has no nature
- Socialization is perfect and complete
- Sub/cultural variability is unlimited
The tension between “monkey see monkey do” and “birds of a feather flock together” are present in what theory?
Learning theory/differential association
Who said “the subculture of delinquency is not a delinquent subculture”
Mat a
4 noninvasive techniques to help control deviance according to learning theorists
- Imitative control
- Group and learning
- Operant psychology
- Aversion therapy
Ex. Of operant psychology
Modification techniques
Ex. Of aversion therapy
Shock therapy, succinylcholine therapy
4 criticisms of learning theory
- Deterministic learning
- No human nature?
- How do we learn?
- Defining subcultures - subculture or unhappy deviant people?
What theory is often marginal to criminology because they appear simplistic and perceived as supporting high levels of discipline, regulation and punishment?
Control Theory
The central assumption behind control theories
That deviance is the result of an absence of control or restraint
Hirschi said the cause of delinquency is the lack of
Bonding
Hirschi’s 4 types of bonds to society
- Attachment - bonds to others
- Commitment - one’s stake in conformity
- Involvement - in conventional behaviour
- Belief - on the law
Control theorist is believe that __________ is constant and _____ is variable
Learning/Control
Sutherland (learning theory) believed that _______ is variable and ______ is constant
Learning/Control
Who put forth a self control theory of crime and deviance?
Gottfredson and Hirschi
Self-control theory says that ______ _________ results in low self control and therefore deviance
Poor parenting
Self-control theory suggests that deviance-preventing parenting involves (3)
- Monitoring behaviour
- Recognizing deviant behaviour
- Punishing deviant behaviour
3 criticisms of control theory
- Do not explain why some people become drug users and offenders while others become violent offenders
- Few suggestions for reducing crime
- Inadequate in explaining why males offend more than females
Characteristics of moral panics include:
- Concern
- Hostility
- Consensus
- Disproportionality
- Volatility
What lead to labelling theory?
Civil rights movement leading to labelling conventional people
Labelling theory is also known as the _____________ perspective because of the focus on those with the power to label
Social reaction isn’t
_____________ believe there is nothing inherently deviant about non-normative behaviour but there might be something wrong with those who label too easily
Labelling theory
Edwin Lemert (1951) argued
Deviance is in the eye of the beholder or the crusader