Essays Tagged: "Control theory"
Dangerous driving and the effects on Youth.
following analysis will provide a descriptive summary of the functionalist perspective, the social control theory and the power control theory.These theories have been applied to a news story in whic ... angerous driving accident. The driver was Ralph Parker, a twenty year old man from Halifax who lost control of his sports car as he attempted to make a turn on the corner where the girls were sitting. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Deviance and social control.
society. Functionalism sets the basis for 2 very important theories of deviance: strain theory and control theory.The strain theory states that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists betw ... examples of these types of people. The pursue a goal of changing society through deviant means.The control theory states that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals an ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Hirschi's control theory in relation to car theft.
Travis Hirschi formulated a control theory that he called Social Bonding Theory but he approached this theory in a different way ... artaking in social activities tie an individual to the moral and ethical code of society. Hirschi's control theory holds that people who build an investment in life, property, and reputation are less ... vestment in property or investment in an ethical working career. Car thieves according to Hirschi's control theory, are prone to delinquent acts because there is nothing jeopardising their social posi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Social control theory
ituations. Rather than trying to determine why some people deviate from social and legal norms, the control theory asks: Why does anyone conform? Why doesn't everyone violate the rules? The answer tha ... 't everyone violate the rules? The answer that seems most logical is that we conform because social controls prevent us from committing crimes. The control theory argues that people are motivated to c ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Religion, politics and the law should be allowed to mix
is far better than unbridled war! Pluralism, not religion, is to prevent any one group from gaining control of the government and using it to oppress the people (Henslin, 2006).An opposition to the vi ... ome irrational or deviant against mores, laws, and sin.Sociologist Walter Reckless (1973) developed Control Theory, which stresses that two control systems work against people from becoming irrational ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Criminal Diversity
The theory of law and order injected in the criminal justice system in America is an outcome of the Control Theory that resulted in the compulsory least prison punishments for brutal crimes, the three ... ts harmful consequence on young men who are deprived of a suitable exemplar that points towards the Control Theories presented by Hirschi and Reckless (Pfohl, 1994), while, on the other hand, Coleman ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Control Theory vs Strain Theory
Danielle Larry Control TheoryOctober 2, 2014Control Theory vs. Strain TheoryControl Theory is the idea that everyon ... rol Theory vs. Strain TheoryControl Theory is the idea that everyone has two control systems: inner controls and outer controls and they work against our tendencies to deviate. Everyone has the potent ... inst our tendencies to deviate. Everyone has the potential to become a criminal but most people are controlled by their bond to society. Crime occurs when the forces that bind people to society are we ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology