Basic Social Bonding Theory
What are the four elements that make up the Social Bonding Theory
1. Attachment
2. Commitment
3. Investment
4. Belief
What is Attachment?
The ties we have with other who we feel close to, we identify with them and care about their expectations
What is the deffiniton of Commitment?
An individual that as built up an investment with society that would be jeopardized or lost by engaging in law violations or forms of deviance.
What is Investment?
When an individual is involved in different activities such as studying, spending time with family, and participating in extracurricular activities
What is the definition of Belief?
An individual who values norms of society such as the laws around them and believe that they are correct and should be followed
True or False
The weaker the social bond is the more likely an individual will violate the law
True or False- Less strict parents are more likely to have adolescents that follow the law and do not commit deviant behaviors
False- Less strict parents are more likely to have adolescents who do not follow the law due to them not being attached with each other
True or false- If a person is too busy they will not commit a crime
False this is not related to the third Element of Social Bonding theory- Investment
If someone is not in any extracurricular are they more likely to commit a deviant act? Yes or no? Why?
Yes, by them not being busy the person will have more time to think about and commit a deviant act or crime
Why do people not violate rules in which the belief?
Their belief in moral validity of norms and laws has been weakened
What is the Social Bonding Theory
We refraim form crime because of our different bonds in society. Criminal acts are a result when one more ties to society weakens or has been broken.
Attachment to friends who are deviant will make their friends commit deviant acts- True or False
True- due to Attachment
True or False- The greater commitment an individual has the more they risk by losing it to nonconformity
True- the greater someone is committed to work, school ect. the less likely they will they will stray away from norms and laws
If a student has a job, in sports, and is a tutor they will have enough time to think about and commit a crime- True or False
False- is a student is busier they will have less time to commit a crime and therefore it is less likely for them to commit one
Is this the definition of Belief? Yes or no.
When an individual is involved in different activities such as studying, spending time with family, and participating in extracurricular activities they are less likely to commit a crime
True or False- The more insensitive we are to other opinions the more we are constrained about the norms that we share
False
True- many studies look at the attachment of adolescents and parents
True or false- A person knows the consequences and therefore does not break nor violate the law
True- by knowing the consequences the person knows that committing a crime would have a bigger impact on them if they got caught doing a crime
Is this the definition of Investment- An individual that as built up an investment with society that would be jeopardized or lost by engaging in law violations or forms of deviance.
No, it is the deffiniton to Commitment
If someone does not belief in a law are they more likely to break it?
Yes, a person has to belief in a law and morally exempt it to follow it.