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(4 pp) Social Control theorists start with the
premise that human behavior is by nature
antisocial and delinquent. They focus on
restraining or "controlling" factors that are
broken or missing inside the personalities of
criminals. If these restraining factors are
thought to involve society in some way, as with
the sociological notion that norms are
internalized, then the theory is said to be a
"social" control theory. Durkheim and Hirschi
are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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internalized, then the theory is said to be a "social" control theory. Durkheim and Hirschi are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources. BbsocclR.doc SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY Written by
for the Paperstore, Inc., October 2000 Introduction Sociology attempts to find patterns in the behavior of people. What makes some of us do one thing
and others not? The only way we can effect change is to recognize it is happening. Sociologists attempt to give us those clues. Social Control Theory Social Control
theorists start with the premise that human behavior is by nature antisocial and delinquent. They focus on restraining or "controlling" factors that are broken or missing inside the personalities of
criminals. If these restraining factors are thought to involve society in some way, as with the sociological notion that norms are internalized, then the theory is said to be
a "social" control theory, and is most probably based on Durkheims idea of human nature as one that consists of "unlimited appetites." Most control theories, however, are a blend
of psychiatric, psychological, and sociological ideas (http://faculty.ncwc.edu/TOConnor/301/301lect11.htm). In the 1960s, American society was growing tired of the social disorganization perspective of criminology that had been previously dominating criminological thought.
Social institutions, such as organized religion, the family, educational institutions, and political groups were radically questioning leaving us in the land of "drugs, sex and rock and roll" -
not the most conventional of social norms. Social control blamed the family breakdown, rather than social disorganization, for societys growing ills. The Functionalist Perspective Emile Durkheim, a French
sociologist, introduced the concept of anomie in his book The Division of Labour in Society, published in 1893. He used anomie to describe a condition of deregulation that was occurring
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