Sociological
Views of Delinquency
Social Factors and Delinquency
Interpersonal Interactions
Community Ecological Conditions
Social Change
Socioeconomic Status
Social Structure Theories
Culture of Poverty
Underclass
Truly Disadvantaged
Social Disorganization
Transitional Neighborhoods
Cultural Transmission
Social Control
Relative Deprivation
Social Disorganization
Community Change
Gentrified
Community Fear
Community Cohesion
Collective Efficacy
Anomie/Strain
General Strain Theory
Negative Affective States
Cultural Deviance
Checkpoints
The social structure view is that position
in the socioeconomic structure influences the chances of becoming delinquent.
Poor kids are more likely to commit crimes because they are unable
to achieve monetary or social success in any other way.
Kids who live in socially disorganized areas
commit crime because the forces of social control have broken down.
Strain occurs when kids experience anger over their inability to
achieve legitimate social and economic success.
The best-known strain theory is Robert
Merton’s theory of anomie, which describes what happens when people have inadequate
means to satisfy their goals.
Robert Agnew’s general strain theory holds that strain has
multiple sources.
Cultural deviance theories hold that a
unique value system develops in lower-class areas; lower-class kids approve of behaviors
such as being tough and having street smarts.
Social Process Theories: Socialization and
Delinquency
Cultural Deviance Theory
Culture Conflict
Socialization
Focus on Preventing and Treating
Delinquency: Dare to Be You
What Does This Mean to Me? Tools That Can
Make a Difference
Parental Efficacy
Social Learning Theories
Differential Association Theory
Social Control Theories
Social Bond
Social Reaction Theories
Stigmatized
Labeling Theory
Self-labeling
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Checkpoints
Some experts believe that delinquency is a
function of socialization.
People in all walks of life have the potential to become
delinquents if they maintain destructive social relationships with families, schools,
peers, and neighbors.
Social learning theory stresses that kids
learn both how to commit crimes and the attitudes needed to support the behavior.
People learn criminal behaviors much as they learn conventional
behavior.
Social control theory analyzes the failure of society to control
anti-social tendencies.
All people have the potential to become
delinquents, but their bonds to conventional society prevent them from violating the law.
Labeling theory maintains that negative labels produce delinquent
careers.
Labels create expectations that the labeled
person will act in a certain way; labeled people are always watched and suspected.
Social Conflict Theories
Law and Justice
The Conflict Concept of Delinquency
Class and Delinquency
Controlling Delinquents
Social Structure Theories and Delinquency
Prevention
Socialization and Delinquency Prevention
Labeling and Delinquency Prevention
Deinstitutionalization
Social Conflict and Delinquency Prevention
Restorative Justice
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