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CJUS 3100
CJUS Theory
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Criminology
Undergraduate 3
11/09/2010

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Social Control Theory
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when controls are present, crime does not occur
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anomie theory
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the destruction of bonds that unite individuals in a social order so that each person is forced to go it alone; Durkheim (lawlessness and normlessness)
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Matza's Theory
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focuses on how and individual responds to the way society has set the role their in
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Cooley
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developed the looking-glass self
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Mead
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"I" represents the awareness of self; "me" represents the social self
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Reiss
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personal control v. social control
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Nye
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Family is the most important agent of social control. Direct control, internalized control, indirect control.
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Reckless
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Containment Theory: certain factors "push" and person towards delinquency and other factors "pull" them into it by enticements
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Coleman
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Added 3 types of Neutralization
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Drift Theory
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juveniles drift between conformity and nonconformity
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Hirschi
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Social Bond Theory, Self Control Theory
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Hagan
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delinquency is more likely when the person has a preference for taking risks. Focused on the balance of power between parents in the home.
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Tittle
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Control Ratio, people are not only the objects of control, but also the agents of control
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control ratio
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too much or too little control can cause deviance. est. a probability of deviance.
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Colvin
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differential coercion theory: people raised in an environment where coercion is used erratically are more likely to engage in delinquency
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Lemert
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primary deviance (offender tries to rationalize the criminal behavior), secondary deviance (juvenile accepts societys reaction to the behavior)
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Tannenbaum
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1st theorist to state that state intervention was at fault
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Braithwaite
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disintegrative and reintegrative shaming
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Becker, Erikson, Kitsuse
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societal reaction is integral to the creation of crime and deviance
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Sherman
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Defiance theory: when offenders have few social bonds, they don't care what society thinks and act out in revenge on society
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Rose and Clear
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coerced mobility theory: disproportionately removing males from high crime areas
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Sampson
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ecological bias (more arrests in poor neighborhoods)
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Sampson
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ecological bias (more arrests in poor neighborhoods)
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Foundation of Conflict
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political and economic system
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Marx & Engels
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conflict is inherent in a capitalist society
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Simmel
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conflict is necessary
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Bonger
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conflict is caused by money, traced to an unfavorable environment
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Sellin
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culture conflict is the source of crime
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Vold
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regardless of who is right and who is wrong, those who lose the conflict are criminals
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Dahrendorf
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cultural norms will always exist and we must sanction those norms
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Turk
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conflict results from an individuals relationship with authority
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Chambliss
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legal realism: practical application of the law, LE itself creates conflict
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Quinney
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the lawmakers get what they want. conflicting interests b/w lawmakers and citizens
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