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| A control theory in which the inner and outer pushes and pulls on an individual will produce delinquency unless they are constrained or counteracted by inner and outer containment measures |
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| Theories that do not ask why people commit crimes, but why don't they commit crimes. |
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| A groups of delinquent peers who may influence an individual to commit criminal acts in order to receive approval from the group |
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| States that people can go back and forth between obeying and breaking the law. |
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| A concept in control theory that states that agents outside of the control of the individual are responsible for keeping that individual from committing criminal acts. |
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| Concept that explains why a person will not commit a crime by reference to the person internally monitoring and controlling his or her own behaviour. |
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| Refers to the belief in control theories that the desire to commit criminal acts is uniform and spread evenly across society |
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| Type of control theory developed by Gottfredson and Hirschi. States that self control is the key factor in understanding criminal acts. |
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| An element of containment theory thought to be responsible for insulating an individual from criminal activity |
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| A control theory that states that individuals will commit criminal acts when their ties to society are weakened or have been broken. |
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| What are the 4 bonds in social bonding theory? |
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| Attachment, Commitment, Involvement, and Belief |
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| Refers to the elements that keep and individual from committing a criminal act. |
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