The origins of social control theory come from many different criminal justice theorists. It is basically looking into what makes people not commit crimes. There are many different types of social control theories, but they all come back to the central question; why people don't become criminals. I assume all these theories are based on what we would consider 'actual' crimes. Not just everyday things that 100% of the population do such as speeding, VERY small thefts, etc. My personal belief is that social control theory is not very representative of law abiding citizens. It of course does not look at or sample a huge amount of the population. I also can see the theory lacking due to the mountainous list of reasons people would give surveyors as to why they didn't/don't commit crimes. To me the social control theory is a good idea if you were to look at something such as why a certain group of high school kids from x school didn't go to jail, but x number of kids did. Fireboy123
The study of criminology is the study of why people commit crimes. But Social Control Theory of Criminology is the study of the social factors that help people obey the law. Most of their theories ask why did someone commit a crime. But one theory one criminologist said was why don’t people commit a crime. For example, there is a kid in school that spray paints on the walls of the school. Instead of figuring out why that one specific kid committed that crime. This idea asks why didn’t another kid? They study why only one kid for instance out of 50 students committed a crime, so why didn’t anymore kids commit any crimes? What was the driving factor for the reasoning of not committing a crime? That is what Social Control Theory is, a study about why kids don’t commit crime rather than asking why did one specific kid commit a crime. Trojan123
When watching the video I liked how they added why all the other students did not commit crime compared to the one that did. That question to me is very interesting and compelling to find out why juveniles don't commit crime.Children and adolescents are less mature, more prone to outside pressures, and have an underdeveloped sense of responsibility. Their reasoning and judgement, likewise, are still developing, even well into the early and mid 20s. This does not mean that they can’t make rational decisions or know the difference between right and wrong, but means that when they are in stressful situations, they tend to act more impulsively without really understanding the consequences. The video also mentioned that people obey the law because of other people called the Social Bond Theory. If someone thinks of their mom or friends before committing the crime they are less likely to commit the crime.The more weakened the groups to which the juvenile belongs, the less he depends on them, the more he consequently depends only on himself and recognizes no other rules of conduct then what are formed on his private interests. Which leads to committing more crime because they are dependent upon themselves and less reliant on others. This can come from a lack of a structured home or being around delinquent friends. For some it is church or an extracurricular activity that keeps them out of trouble but for most in inner cities they don't have the luxury or the access to some of these things that keep kids out of trouble. Klick123
After watching the video, I thought it was interesting that when people commit crimes, we shouldn’t ask them why they did it but ask the other people why THEY don’t commit crimes. That is a different perspective to view things but I think it has a lot of meaning to it. The video described that maybe people who don’t commit crimes have different backgrounds and morals compared to people who are committing crimes. There might be something that person is missing in their life such as maybe they aren’t very social towards other people, they are distant from others or even have a low IQ and refuse to go to school. There are so many different aspects as to why people commit crimes but there isn’t always enough answers. I think the video displays good examples of social control theory and describes it well. Children who are exposed to criminal behaviors at a young age are at a higher risk of becoming a criminal themselves opposed to children who aren’t. I believe that if children aren’t exposed to so much bad behaviors from people they are supposed to look up to then there wouldn’t be such a high crime rate. Whether it’s violent or nonviolent, they are predisposed and it’s usually a learned behavior. I do believe that there is rational thinking between right and wrong but how are kids supposed to know what’s right if they are not taught properly when maybe most children tend to see these behaviors as normal. -PizzaLover123
I like this video it gives a good layout for the theory. How Hershi wanted to know not why criminals or delinquents do crime but more what others do not commit. But I did not realize that it was divided up into five different sections of the theory. It mainly focused on the social bond theory meaning that if an individual does not form social bonds with other people as like teachers and other peers to encourage them to become a Law-abiding citizen. As the video said it does not have to be just from peers or a teacher but could also come from your family, community, and church. The social bond theory is not really looking at the person committing the deviant or criminal act but the individuals that do not and why they do not. Someone smoking at school and no one but that person is doing it in that class. They are looking to see why the other do not do it with them. It goes over the four-different part of the theory attachment which is better described as an emotional bond with someone else or trust. Then it talks about commitment which I really liked how they put it, an investment to the community. Which makes you start to think how much do you really invest to the community. Then involvement a choice to partake in conventional or unconditional events. Which we all mostly take part in conventional event maybe like church or school. I can see why the last one would beliefs. Do you respect authority or do you just blow it off. It is quite interesting how taking this point of view can change the perspective of a crime and how individual get into trouble. Jeeper123
The origins of social control theory come from many different criminal justice theorists. It is basically looking into what makes people not commit crimes. There are many different types of social control theories, but they all come back to the central question; why people don't become criminals. I assume all these theories are based on what we would consider 'actual' crimes. Not just everyday things that 100% of the population do such as speeding, VERY small thefts, etc. My personal belief is that social control theory is not very representative of law abiding citizens. It of course does not look at or sample a huge amount of the population. I also can see the theory lacking due to the mountainous list of reasons people would give surveyors as to why they didn't/don't commit crimes. To me the social control theory is a good idea if you were to look at something such as why a certain group of high school kids from x school didn't go to jail, but x number of kids did. Fireboy123
ReplyDeleteThe study of criminology is the study of why people commit crimes. But Social Control Theory of Criminology is the study of the social factors that help people obey the law. Most of their theories ask why did someone commit a crime. But one theory one criminologist said was why don’t people commit a crime. For example, there is a kid in school that spray paints on the walls of the school. Instead of figuring out why that one specific kid committed that crime. This idea asks why didn’t another kid? They study why only one kid for instance out of 50 students committed a crime, so why didn’t anymore kids commit any crimes? What was the driving factor for the reasoning of not committing a crime? That is what Social Control Theory is, a study about why kids don’t commit crime rather than asking why did one specific kid commit a crime. Trojan123
ReplyDeleteWhen watching the video I liked how they added why all the other students did not commit crime compared to the one that did. That question to me is very interesting and compelling to find out why juveniles don't commit crime.Children and adolescents are less mature, more prone to outside pressures, and have an underdeveloped sense of responsibility. Their reasoning and judgement, likewise, are still developing, even well into the early and mid 20s. This does not mean that they can’t make rational decisions or know the difference between right and wrong, but means that when they are in stressful situations, they tend to act more impulsively without really understanding the consequences. The video also mentioned that people obey the law because of other people called the Social Bond Theory. If someone thinks of their mom or friends before committing the crime they are less likely to commit the crime.The more weakened the groups to which the juvenile belongs, the less he depends on them, the more he consequently depends only on himself and recognizes no other rules of conduct then what are formed on his private interests. Which leads to committing more crime because they are dependent upon themselves and less reliant on others. This can come from a lack of a structured home or being around delinquent friends. For some it is church or an extracurricular activity that keeps them out of trouble but for most in inner cities they don't have the luxury or the access to some of these things that keep kids out of trouble. Klick123
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the video, I thought it was interesting that when people commit crimes, we shouldn’t ask them why they did it but ask the other people why THEY don’t commit crimes. That is a different perspective to view things but I think it has a lot of meaning to it. The video described that maybe people who don’t commit crimes have different backgrounds and morals compared to people who are committing crimes. There might be something that person is missing in their life such as maybe they aren’t very social towards other people, they are distant from others or even have a low IQ and refuse to go to school. There are so many different aspects as to why people commit crimes but there isn’t always enough answers. I think the video displays good examples of social control theory and describes it well. Children who are exposed to criminal behaviors at a young age are at a higher risk of becoming a criminal themselves opposed to children who aren’t. I believe that if children aren’t exposed to so much bad behaviors from people they are supposed to look up to then there wouldn’t be such a high crime rate. Whether it’s violent or nonviolent, they are predisposed and it’s usually a learned behavior. I do believe that there is rational thinking between right and wrong but how are kids supposed to know what’s right if they are not taught properly when maybe most children tend to see these behaviors as normal.
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I like this video it gives a good layout for the theory. How Hershi wanted to know not why criminals or delinquents do crime but more what others do not commit. But I did not realize that it was divided up into five different sections of the theory. It mainly focused on the social bond theory meaning that if an individual does not form social bonds with other people as like teachers and other peers to encourage them to become a Law-abiding citizen. As the video said it does not have to be just from peers or a teacher but could also come from your family, community, and church. The social bond theory is not really looking at the person committing the deviant or criminal act but the individuals that do not and why they do not. Someone smoking at school and no one but that person is doing it in that class. They are looking to see why the other do not do it with them. It goes over the four-different part of the theory attachment which is better described as an emotional bond with someone else or trust. Then it talks about commitment which I really liked how they put it, an investment to the community. Which makes you start to think how much do you really invest to the community. Then involvement a choice to partake in conventional or unconditional events. Which we all mostly take part in conventional event maybe like church or school. I can see why the last one would beliefs. Do you respect authority or do you just blow it off. It is quite interesting how taking this point of view can change the perspective of a crime and how individual get into trouble. Jeeper123
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