WJEC Criminology Unit 4 2.1

Social Control

How a society maintains order and control through pressure

Internal Social Control

Control within the individual

Example of Internal Social Control

Personalities, Values etc

External Social Control

control over our behaviour through social agencies

Example of External Social Control

Education, Family etc

Internal Social Control Supporting Theory

Freud

Freud's theory of personality

id, ego, superego

How do the Id, Superego, and Ego affect crime?

Id is insticts, Ego is reality, Superego is morality

Socialisation

The process of acquiring values, attitudes and behaviours through interacting with others.

Internalisation

Family rules, Culture, Parents Values, Traditions

Agencies of Social Control

Peers, Family, School

Agencies Supporting Theory

Social Learning Theory

Social Learning Theory Link

Rewards and Punishments

Coercion

persuading someone by force or threats

Coercion in practice

the threat of imprisonment leads to people not committing crimes

Fear of Punishment

fear of getting into trouble will lead to people following orders

External Social Control Supporting Theory

Control Theory

Control Theory (Travis Hirschi)

we bond to society through four types

What are the four types of control

Attachment

Commitment

Involvement

Beliefs

IABC

Involvement, Attachment, Beliefs, Commitment

Walter Reckless

Developed the control theory to explain how some resist the pressure to become deviants.

Parenting

How a child is brought up may stop them from committing crime, or may make them more likely to commit crime