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A 7 page research paper that discusses Nathan McCalls' autobiography in terns of how his crimes relate to social control theory. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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first pages of his text, which is provocatively entitled Makes Me Wanna Holler, A Young Black Man in America, the reader is curious as to how the author made the
journey from being an anti-social juvenile delinquent to being the man who wrote about his former self so well. The following discussion focuses on just one of McCalls many criminal
activities, specifically his involvement in petty larceny and shoplifting, and how this activity is explained using social control theory. In order to understand the analytical framework that social control
theory provides, it is necessary to understand the basic principles that this theoretical approach entails. Derived from functionalism, social control theory differs from most other theories of criminology in that
rather looking at why people commit crimes, the social control theorist focuses on why people do not commit crimes. This paradigm presents social relationships as intrinsic to the way
in which people formulate, internalize and transmit to their children social values, beliefs, and norms. For example, a youth may conform to laws, with which he or she does not
feel are justified, because the juvenile does not wish to disappoint or cause pain to parents or significant others in their environment (OConnor). These factors are internalized as a child
grow ups and is exemplified when an individual feels that has a stake in their society as a whole. From the beginning of McCalls book, it is quite
clear that, not only does the author not have the feeling that he has a stake in American society, but he feels outside of it, an alien in the broader
scene of things and he specifically blames whites for his exclusion. This meaning is clear as he describes how he and his friends relished catching a young white boy who
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